Results 12,541-12,560 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 13 May 2005. The herd owner also applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the 2005 single payment consolidation measure. This application has been processed and payment in respect of 68.64 entitlements amounting to â¬23,266.53 will issue shortly. Payment in full under the disadvantaged areas scheme issued...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of the new entrant and inheritance measures of the single payment scheme. Following an examination of these applications, my Department advised him that as the lands were purchased in 2004, his circumstances were more appropriate to the national reserve measure of the scheme. The person named submitted an application for...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: This application was received in my Department on 30 December 2005 and is being processed in accordance with the targets in the charter of rights for farmers 2005-07.
- Written Answers — Cattle Identification Scheme: Cattle Identification Scheme (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: At Dingle District Court on 22 April 2005, Marglann an Daingean Teoranta, Dingle Mart, pleaded guilty to five charges for providing false information to the national cattle movement database and was fined â¬1,250 on each charge. At a subsequent appeal to Tralee Circuit Court against severity of sentence, the Department on counsel's advice, decided not to contest the appeal.
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Under the revised farm waste management scheme which will be introduced in the near future in order to assist farmers meet the additional requirements of the nitrates directive, I propose to increase the maximum eligible investment ceiling for mobile equipment, including slurry tankers with specialised injection equipment, from â¬11,000 to â¬15,000 with the grant rate remaining at 20%. I am...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full single payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the documentation supplied to farmers. While the person named had established 12.58 entitlements during the reference period, the application received from him on 16 May 2005 declared a total of 7.88...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Support to farmers for growing crops may only be granted in accordance with EU regulations. Under the energy crops scheme, introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, crops such as miscanthus may qualify for aid of â¬45 per hectare provided that they are intended primarily for use in the production of biofuels and electric and thermal energy produced from biomass. The aid is granted...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The father of the person named applied under the single payment scheme in May 2005. My Department subsequently received an application to have the entitlements transferred by gift in November 2005. However, this application was not processed by 1 December 2005 when payment issued to the father. Arrangements will now be made to have the herd number and single payment entitlements transferred...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named has 64.20 single payment entitlements. An eligible hectare of land must be declared for every entitlement held to receive maximum payment. The person named declared 36.98 hectares of eligible land on his 2005 single payment application and was paid on 36.98 entitlements.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 06 May 2005. The ownership details of the herd number changed on 14 February 2002. The majority of the entitlements were established in the name of the previous owner. A transfer of entitlements form was received in my Department on 22 December 2005. The entitlements have been transferred to the person named and a...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: As previously indicated, in line with the EU regulations governing the livestock premia schemes, the person named was restricted to payment in respect of 45.88 livestock units under the 2002 livestock schemes, on the basis of his area aid application declaring 24.15 forage hectares. However, if the person named considers that there is information of which my Department was not aware, and...
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- Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The notification made by BASF to trial genetically modified potatoes at Summerhill, County Meath was made to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. This application is in accordance with Part B of EU Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release of GMOs into the environment but not for entry to the food chain. Responsibility for making a decision on the application is a matter for the...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: As part of the arrangements to enable farmers meet the additional requirements of the nitrates directive, I have sought EU state aid approval for a revised farm waste management scheme which shall include the removal of any minimum income requirements from farming from the scheme so that all small farmers can participate in the scheme. Under the current scheme, farmers must have a minimum of...
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Johne's disease is widespread in the cattle population in most of the EU member states and, indeed, worldwide. Until 1992, strict import conditions ensured that Johne's disease was relatively rare in Ireland. However, since 1993, the increase in the number of cattle imported in the aftermath of the single market contributed to a significant increase in the numbers of reported cases of the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The designation of land under the EU birds and habitats directives is a function of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The question of compensation for farmers in the Shannon Callows area is a matter, in the first instance, for that Department, and I understand that discussions on the matter with the farming bodies have been going on for some time and are still...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The implementation of the nitrates directive is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Following difficult and intense negotiations with the European Commission, the Minister, Deputy Roche, made regulations on 11 December 2005 giving legal effect to Ireland's national action programme under the nitrates directive. The need for the...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: A comprehensive range of incentives and supports is available from my Department to encourage the planting of forestry. Grants are available under the forestry grant and premium scheme which cover 100% of planting costs, so it costs landowners nothing to invest in forestry. In addition, under the current scheme farmers are entitled to a 20 year premium â 15 years for non-farmers â of up...