Results 13,081-13,100 of 18,338 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Dairy Industry: Dairy Industry (3 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Dairy farmers incomes are comprised of the market price paid for milk and direct income support from the EU, including the dairy premium. The EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) provides a range of measures that can be used to assist the dairy market, and these were modified in the CAP reforms of 1999 and 2003. In the Health Check negotiations in 2008 there was pressure to remove or weaken...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The following tables list the names of all nominees to bodies or agencies under the remit of my Department were appointed since 26 June 1997 and the Minister who appointed them. Nominees are not paid directly from the Exchequer and any payments made to them is a matter for the State Bodies themselves as part of their day-to-day activities. In this regard they are required to adhere to...
- Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Deputy can blame the people behind him.
- Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: That was a great deduction by Deputy Burton, given that today is 3 February.
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) has made a proposal regarding the possibility of a limited offshore Sea Bass fishery to my colleague Minster Killeen. Minister Killeen is giving careful consideration to this proposal in conjunction with the Marine Institute and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and is particularly conscious of the necessity of maintaining the existing protection...
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The National Seafood Development Operational Programme 2007-2013 which inter alia provides funding for aquaculture development, was advertised for public consultation in October 2008. Following this consultation process, issues were raised by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on behalf of CFB...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007â13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. Payments have issued to those whose applications required no further examination following the administrative checks. However queries arose on a significant number of...
- Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The decision to place food products on any particular market is a commercial matter for the companies involved.
- Written Answers — Fishing Fleet Modernisation: Fishing Fleet Modernisation (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: There are no plans for a further decommissioning scheme at present. Any further scheme will be considered in the context of available funding and priorities for support within the seafood sector.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: My officials wrote to the person named about his application on 21 January 2010. Processing of his application for payment can be resumed when a reply to this letter is received.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department has no record of having received an application for grant-aid under the Farm Improvement Scheme from the person concerned.
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Nitrates Directive is transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2009, S.I. No. 101 of 2009. Prosecutions for offences under these Regulations may be taken by a local authority, who are the designated competent authorities for the purposes of the Regulations, or by the Environmental Protection Agency. The...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Applications for funding under the Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme are considered, subject to available Exchequer funding and overall national priorities, on an annual basis. Funding for approved projects must be drawn down before the end of the calendar year. Approval under the programme in a particular year does not imply a commitment of funding in any future...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Applicants under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme are required, inter alia, to have a holding with a minimum stocking level of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for the entire area declared. The stock needed to meet this requirement must be possessed, held and maintained for at least three continuous months of the year of application. However, the requirements under the Disadvantaged...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The EU directives due to be transposed into Irish legislation by my Department are detailed in the following table. The 29 directives listed will be transposed by the due date. Title of Directive and date published in the Official Journal Date by which Directive is to be implemented Implementation by Act or Statutory Instrument (SI) Commission Directive 2010/1/EU of 8 January 2010 amending...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: My officials are still dealing with issues that arose in this person's REPS plan and will be in touch with him about the matter within 10 working days. REPS scheme payments are made on a weekly basis and the last payment run which included Wexford participants was made on 1 February 2010.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Installation Aid Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, payment of the grant concerned is made once it has been established that the requirements of the Scheme have been met, including the conditions in relation to property, education and income. The outcome of my Department's examination of the application will be made known to the applicant...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, payment of the grant concerned is made once it has been established that the requirements of the Scheme have been met, including the conditions in relation to property, education and income. The outcome of my Department's examination of the application will be made known to the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named submitted an application under the 2005 National Reserve under Category B and the Hill Farmers' Scheme. Category B catered for farmers who made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 â 2002. Investments included the purchase...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: A cheque for monies due to the person concerned issued from my Department on 22nd January 2010.