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- Written Answers — Animal Medicines: Animal Medicines (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the European Communities (Animal Remedies) (No 2) Regulations 2007 (SI 786/2007), responsibility for categorising veterinary medicines in one of six mandatory routes of supply rests with the Irish Medicines Board, acting in its role as national licensing authority. Decisions in individual cases are made by the Board on the basis of its assessment of the degree of restriction which is...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: I have launched the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme today. The Minister for Finance agreed in December last to provide for the launch of the new scheme at a rate of up to â¬5,000 for approximately 10,000 participants.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme which I have launched today, farmers will be paid to undertake identifiable and verifiable environmental actions and have a menu of options from which to choose. The Government has provides for the launch of the new scheme at a rate of up to â¬5,000 for approximately 10,000 participants. Generally speaking, the amount any farmer participating in...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme which I have launched today, farmers will be paid to undertake identifiable and verifiable environmental actions and have a menu of options from which to choose. Many of the options were previously features of REPS. A whole-farm approach on the REPS model is however no longer a possibility.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme which I have launched today, farmers will be paid to undertake identifiable and verifiable environmental actions and have a menu of options from which to choose. Generally speaking, the amount any farmer participating in the AEOS will be paid will depend on the number of individual actions he or she undertakes. I am satisfied that many...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme which I have launched today, farmers will be paid to undertake identifiable and verifiable environmental actions and have a menu of options from which to choose. The Government has provides for the launch of the new scheme at a rate of up to â¬5,000 for approximately 10,000 participants. Generally speaking, the amount any farmer participating in...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The position in relation to the main recommendations of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes is set out in the following table: Main recommendations Current position Terminate Suckler Cow Scheme The rate of payment under the Scheme was reduced form â¬80 to â¬40 per eligible animal in the 2009 Budget in October 2008. Close REPS 4 and no roll-over of participants...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The following are the details sought in relation to applications submitted by Leitrim and Roscommon herd-owners under the 2009 Single Payment Scheme: County Total number of applications Number paid to date Value of payments Leitrim 3,647 3,330 â'¬17,791,251 Roscommon 6,065 5,654 â'¬41,539,891 Applicants under a variety of other schemes, including Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and REPS,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the 1968 Fishery Harbour Centres Act (as amended) my Department is responsible for the development and management of six Fishery Harbour Centres which are located at Killybegs, Ros a MhÃl, An Daingan, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth. Available properties within the Fishery Harbour Centres are offered for lease, in accordance with the Act and public procurement guidelines. On...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) has made a proposal to my Department regarding the possibility of a limited offshore Sea Bass fishery. The proposal is being given careful consideration taking account of the advice of the Marine Institute and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and being particularly conscious of the necessity to maintain the existing protection afforded to the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application was received on 25 February 2010 requesting the transfer of 38.06 Single Payment entitlements from the late father of the person named to the mother of the person named under the 2009 Single Payment Scheme. From correspondence and documentation received, it seems the intention is to transfer the entitlements to the person named above. While the Transfer of Entitlements section...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The position regarding the 2009 Single Farm Payment of the person named has recently been resolved, following which, the payment in question will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.
- Written Answers — Fishing Fleet Modernisation: Fishing Fleet Modernisation (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to Industrial Action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: An appeal from the person named was recently received in my Department and is currently under consideration. The person named will be notified, in writing, immediately a decision is reached.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department's records show that payments under the 2008 Single Payment Scheme and the 2009 Single Payment Scheme issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named; the 2008 advance payment issued on 16 October 2008 and the balancing payment on 1 December 2008, while the full payment under the 2009 Scheme issued on 1 December 2009.