Results 13,221-13,240 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Regulation 4 of SI 114 of 1995 states that the owner or person in charge of animals to be slaughtered or slaughtered on-farm shall ensure that the animals be spared any avoidable excitement, pain or suffering during movement, lairaging, restraint, stunning, slaughter or killing. Accordingly animals must be slaughtered in compliance with Schedule 6 of the European Communities (Protection of...
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Regulation 4 of SI 114 of 1995 states that the owner or person in charge of animals to be slaughtered or slaughtered on-farm shall ensure that the animals be spared any avoidable excitement, pain or suffering during movement, lairaging, restraint, stunning, slaughter or killing. Accordingly animals must be slaughtered in compliance with Schedule six of the European Communities (Protection of...
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Lethal injection is not routinely used to kill animals on fur farms. However, in the event that injection should be used, the injection concerned contains the active ingredient pentobarbital sodium. Medicines containing pentobarbital sodium must be administered by a veterinary surgeon or in his or her presence.
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested has issued to the person named.
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Ireland is continuing to implement a scrapie control and eradication programme under the terms of EU legislation. The programme comprises active surveillance of sheep at slaughter and fallen sheep, dealing with infected flocks, and promoting breeding for resistance through the voluntary national genotyping programme. Some 18 new scrapie positive flocks have been identified to date in 2005. In...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The enhanced arrangements for genotyping operated on a voluntary basis during the period between 1 September and 18 November 2005. The total number of sheep tested over that ten-week period accounted for over a quarter of the total number of sheep tested since the beginning of the NGP programme in May 2004. It was particularly encouraging that the majority of participants in the enhanced...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: An official of my Department is in direct contact with the person named and the matter is being resolved satisfactorily.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (6 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: In 2003 my Department, together with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, set up a technical working group to determine whether earth-lined stores, out-wintering pads and constructed wetlands, reed beds, should have a place in agricultural practice. The working group has taken expert advice from a variety of sources and has been preparing detailed specifications...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Payment under the single payment scheme has been posted directly to the person named, as requested.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named had an on-farm inspection on 14 November 2005. The inspector raised possible issues of non-compliance and these are currently being examined. If a decision is taken to apply penalties, the person named will be notified and will be told that he is entitled to appeal the decision locally and that if he is unsuccessful, he has a further avenue of appeal to the independent...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the 2005 single payment scheme. As the person named was not an applicant under the livestock and/or arable aid schemes during the reference period 2000-02, no entitlements have been established under the single payment scheme. The person named also submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the national reserve under...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The total area covered by REPS plans is 1,714,753 hectares. This includes 139,141 hectares of non-commonage land consisting of special areas of conservation, special protection areas and natural heritage areas. There are also 188,914 hectares of commonage in REPS. This includes both designated and undesignated land but a breakdown is not readily available.
- Written Answers — Land Policy: Land Policy (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Section 3 of the Land Act 2005 makes legislative provision for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to introduce, by regulation, a scheme whereby persons in possession of land which is subject to a land purchase annuity in respect of which the annual sum payable is greater than â¬200 may, if there are no unpaid arrears of such annuity, apply to redeem the annuity concerned by a single...
- Written Answers — Sugar Beet Production: Sugar Beet Production (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The sugar reform package agreed by the Council of Agriculture Ministers last week includes a voluntary restructuring scheme to encourage sugar factory closures and the renunciation of sugar quota. In the event that sugar production ceases in Ireland, the restructuring fund would provide compensation for the economic, social and environmental costs involved. At least 10% of the fund would be...
- Written Answers — Compensation Schemes: Compensation Schemes (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I will communicate in detail with the Deputy over the next few days on this case.
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Musk Rats Act 1933 (Application to Mink) Order 1965, the keeping of mink is prohibited except under licence from my Department. Licences are issued under this legislation only if the applicant, following an inspection carried out by officials from my Department, is found to be compliant with a number of key conditions. There are six licensed fur farms operating in the country at...
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Musk Rats Act 1933 (Application to Mink) Order 1965, the keeping of mink is prohibited except under licence from my Department. There are six licensed fur farms operating in the country at present. The conditions for a licence set out, in accordance with the legislation, the nature of the premises upon which mink may be kept, the precautions to be taken to prevent the escape of...
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: An annual fee of â¬350 has been charged to date and the fee is currently under review.
- Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Owners of fur farms where animals are being slaughtered are obliged to comply with the European Communities (Protection of animals at time of slaughter) Regulations 1995. The legislation lays down the specific requirements of the systems used for the on-farm slaughter of fur animals. The specific requirements of this legislation do not require the recording of the average duration to death of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Dec 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Payment under the single payment scheme issued to the person named today.