Results 12,961-12,980 of 18,338 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (2 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 (2 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: I have had arrangements made for an official of my Department to contact the person named directly regarding this matter.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 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 — Live Exports: Live Exports (2 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The export of cattle, whether for slaughter, breeding or production, is a commercial matter, and subject to market demand and other economic variables. Under EU trade rules, and subject to veterinary health certification, there is free movement of such cattle from Ireland to every other Member State. Overall live exports in 2009 increased by 94% on 2008, with exports to the UK increasing by...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (2 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: At the end of 2009 my Department estimates that 737,142 hectares of land was under forestry and that approximately 46% of this land is privately owned. 68,400 hectares of forest was licensed for harvesting since the year 2000, with the majority of this area being restocked. It should be noted that the period allowed for replanting is up to three years after the harvesting has taken place. As...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: The lease , rental or purchase of car parking spaces is a matter for the Office of Public Works in accordance with the provision of accommodation for this Department. Insofar as the State agencies under the aegis of my Department are concerned the issues raised in the question are a matter for the agencies themselves as part of their day-to-day activities.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Mar 2010)
Brendan Smith: Performance-related awards applied to 13 Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades in my Department prior to these payments being abolished. Details of awards are set out in the annual reports of the Committee for Performance Awards which are available from the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie).
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 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. Section WRBB follows.
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (25 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: As is the case with all veterinary medicines, treatments for fluke in cattle are subject to licensing in accordance with relevant EU and national legislation. The Irish Medicines Board is the national licensing authority for Ireland and sponsoring companies wishing to place medicines on the market here are required to satisfy the Board that their products meet the required scientific...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named has twenty animals for consideration under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Seventeen animals have been fully processed and payment for these animals will issue shortly. Queries have arisen in the case of the remaining three animals, and the applicant will be written to by my Department with a view to having the queries resolved.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named has 29 animals for consideration under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Twenty-three animals have been cleared for payment, with each animal being weaned on 15 October 2009. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, abrupt weaning of all animals at the one time in herds with more than ten suckler cows is not permitted. Instead, a graduated weaning procedure must be...
- Written Answers — Fodder Aid Scheme: Fodder Aid Scheme (25 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Mindful of the hardship and distress caused by the recent widespread flooding, on 27 November 2009 I announced the introduction of the Fodder Aid Scheme, targeted directly at those farmers who encountered damage to fodder in the affected areas i.e. where there was evidence of genuine damage to silage, hay, concentrates or straw caused by the flooding in November 2009. I am pleased to say...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Feb 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 Feb 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 — Crop Losses: Crop Losses (25 Feb 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 fruit producing plants.
- Written Answers — Crop Losses: Crop Losses (25 Feb 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. The closing date for receipt of applications under this Scheme was last Friday, 19...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (24 Feb 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 (18 Feb 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department enables and encourages all staff to donate blood during normal working hours. Those staff who donate blood during office hours do not lose time on their monthly flexitime balance.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named was allocated 19.48 Single Payment entitlements to the value of â¬53.40 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 year period otherwise they are lost to the National Reserve. A farmer uses entitlements by declaring one hectare of land per entitlement per year on a...