Results 12,881-12,900 of 18,338 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (10 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to Industrial Action in my Department I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 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 (10 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named was allocated 36.39 Single Payment entitlements to the value of â¬158.29 each in 2005. The EU Regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme provide that a farmer must use his/her entitlements at least once over a three consecutive year period by submitting an application under the Scheme and declaring an eligible hectare in respect of each entitlement held. If the...
- Written Answers — Animal By-products: Animal By-products (10 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The use or disposal of animal by-products (ABP) is controlled under Regulation (EC) No. 1774 of 2002. The Regulation, which came into effect in Ireland in 2003, classifies animal by-products into three risk categories, ranging from Category 1 (high risk) material to Category 3 (which poses little or no risk) and requires each category to be subject to an appropriate level of regulatory...
- Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (10 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Live exports continue to be an important outlet for Irish cattle, providing an essential element of competition with the beef trade. Following the abolition of export refunds on live animals, other than for breeding, this trade is now almost exclusively with other EU Member States. Live cattle exports surged to over 286,000 head in 2009, almost double the level recorded in 2008. In the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named applied for 24 animals in 2009 under the Suckler Welfare Scheme. It is a condition of this Scheme that for herds of more than 10 cows the calves must be weaned in at least two separate groups with each group being removed at a minimum interval of five days. The applicant did not comply with this condition and, therefore, is not eligible for payment under the provisions of...
- Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under EU law, membership of quality assurance schemes must be open to product from other member states that meet the required standard. Bord Bia operates quality assurance schemes for beef, pork, lamb, horticulture, chicken and eggs. Producers and processors in Northern Ireland have applied for, and have met, the Bord Bia standard in respect of chicken and eggs. Neither Bord Bia nor Irish...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (9 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 — Movement of Animals: Movement of Animals (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: For applicants under the Suckler Welfare Scheme, the temporary movement of an animal will not result in the loss of payment, where it relates to an agricultural show, or for the purposes of the live animal display at the compulsory training courses for applicants. The movement from and back to the holding must be recorded on my Department's Animal Identification and Movement System (AIM),...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Following direct contact by an official of my Department with the person named, an issue relating to two land parcels has been resolved, as a result of which payment will shortly issue directly to the nominated bank account of the applicant.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am unable to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Scheme: Agri-Environment Scheme (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The preparation of documents relating to the new agri-environment scheme is at an advanced stage and I hope to be in a position to publish them and to launch the scheme shortly. I am arranging to have the Deputy provided with a copy of a presentation, outlining the structure of the scheme in general terms, which my officials are making today to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 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 (9 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 (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Hardship Grant is aimed at assisting eligible owner/keepers(s) with a TB or Brucellosis restricted holding where animals are retained and fed during periods of restriction. The eligibility period for the current scheme is from 1 November 2009 to 30 April 2010. In order to ensure that all eligible owners/keepers actually receive payment under the scheme, the application form for the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 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 — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (9 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 (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am unable to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Crop Losses: Crop Losses (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Following a preliminary assessment of the crop losses caused by the severe weather conditions in January, I recently announced the introduction of a limited scheme of financial assistance to certain potato and field vegetable growers who have suffered significant losses of produce due to frost damage. It is not proposed to extend the scope of the scheme to include the nursery industry.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am unable to provide a reply to this question.