Results 13,261-13,280 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: If a situation arose where the chief investigator was no longer available and someone was needed to carry out that function immediately, a temporary appointment would be made.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I assure the Deputy that the timeframe will be included in the next transport legislation.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The purpose of these amendments is to reflect more accurately the requirement of the EU railway safety directive on railway accidents involved in cross-border services.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The purpose of this amendment is to provide that the Minister may transpose a European directive relating to railway safety international law through regulations made under this Bill rather than using the European Communities Act 1972. The advantage of this is that the railway safety commission will have its full powers available in connection with its functions under the directive....
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The Bill provides in section 73 that the commission may appoint any of its staff as inspectors. All the enforcement powers of the commission are vested in the inspectorate of the commission. It is logical that these powers should be available to the highest officer of the commission, that is, a commissioner. However, there is no mechanism for a commissioner to be appointed as an inspector....
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: These amendments, on the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel, make some changes to penalties for offences. The financial penalty for summary offences is increasing from â¬3,000 to â¬5,000 in line with the recent increases in the jurisdictional limit of the District Court. The penalties for indictable offences are rebalanced. The maximum financial penalty is increased and the maximum prison...
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: This amendment inserts a new subsection (5) in section 111 which relates to the offence of dangerous working on a railway. This new subsection is based on section 53(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1961. This allows a jury to find a person charged with dangerous working guilty of the lesser offence of careless working under section 110. This gives the system useful and appropriate flexibility and...
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: This amendment inserts a new offence in Part 12. This new section requires a person to report immediately any railway safety hazard which he or she causes through some accidental or negligent act. I have in mind an incident in Selby in the UK a few years ago, where a Land Rover left the road and came to rest on the railway. This incident caused a catastrophic rail crash. Other incidents have...
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: It is a separate amendment but specific to this area. The amendment under discussion inserts a new section on page 89 before section 116.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The current amendment will be headed "Obligation to notify danger caused to railway".
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I will hand over now to the Minister for Transport in case I give away too much. I had hoped that I could have introduced an amendment so that we could have had a railway to Donegal. On that point, the â¬5,000 fine, which is commensurate with the District Court's fines, only reflects the previous section.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: From the Seanad. (30 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: No. That pertained to something falling on a line. This would reflect a failure to report that could be consequential. If this was taken to court, the Judiciary would make an assessment as to what the implications might be, as opposed to a minimum fine.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Under the provisions of the EU single payment scheme, it is possible to lease entitlements to another farmer provided that the entitlements are accompanied by an equivalent number of hectares.
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Allocations of milk quota from the national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal examines and makes recommendations on applications for additional quota from individual producers. The person named has applied to the tribunal in the current 2005-06 quota year and an acknowledgement letter has issued to him confirming receipt of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named applied for an allocation of entitlements from the national reserve under category B which caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, 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 to 2002. The position is...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that some 17,500 farmers submitted applications to the national reserve but when account is taken of the number of farmers who applied under two or more categories over 23,000 files have to be processed. The following table sets out the number of farmers per county who applied under national reserve, some of whom applied under more that one category. Number Carlow 204 ...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named received entitlements by way of inheritance. Some of the inherited entitlements were established on rented land and as this land is no longer available to the person named, the full value of the entitlements established will be applied to the inherited land. A supplementary payment will issue to the person named which will enable him to benefit from the full value of the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme and disadvantaged areas scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2005. Payment in the amount of â¬2,470.86 in respect of the disadvantaged areas scheme issued to the person named on 17 November 2005. Payment to eligible applicants under the single payment scheme are due to commence on 1 December 2005.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The application for the single farm payment received from the above named herd owner has now been fully processed and is clear for payment. The first single payment scheme payment run is scheduled to commence on 1 December.
- Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (29 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: At present, the only costs being met by my Department for meat and bone meal, or MBM, storage and disposal relate to the funding of three incineration contracts. These contracts provide for the destruction of surplus MBM stocks, which were taken over by my Department following the EU-wide ban on the use of MBM in animal feed. The contracts, which were placed in 2003 and are scheduled to be...