Results 13,501-13,520 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2005 single payment scheme, SPS, was received from the person named on 16 May 2005. My Department wrote to him on 11 October 2005, requesting that maps he omitted to include with the SPS application be provided. Following receipt of these maps on 17 October 2005, an eligibility issue was identified regarding one of the parcels claimed. My Department wrote to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named should write directly to the accounts division of my Department at Farnham Street, Cavan, where the request will be processed without delay.

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: In 2002, the person named applied for additional milk quota under the 32 million litre scheme in the animal disease category. Applicants in this category were required to prove that more than 10% of the dairy herd was lost due to certain diseases in 1978, 1979 or 1980 and that milk deliveries in any of the years 1978, 1979 or 1980 were higher than the sum of the initial 1984 quota allocation...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I have made eight appointments to one of the State boards under the aegis of my Department. The appointees were chosen for their knowledge and experience of the area concerned which is in accordance with the statutory criteria for such appointments. The appointees were not asked to declare whether they had a disability.

Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (8 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 36, lines 5 and 6, to delete all words from and including "section" in line 5 down to and including "1996" in line 6 and substitute "section 178(1)(a)". The Social Welfare Act 1996 provided for the introduction of the one-parent family payment which subsumed a variety of schemes applicable at the time to persons rearing children alone. That Act also repealed...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's offices on the north side of Dublin are as follows: Horticulture Inspector's office, Bow Street, Dublin 1; Horticulture Inspector's office, Swords; Border inspection post, Dublin Port; Border inspection post, Dublin Airport; and Abbotstown laboratories and farm. My Department's laboratories situated in Abbotstown are in the process of being transferred to Backweston, County...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Details of the number of farmers in County Kerry in receipt of EU subsidies or premia in 2003 are set out in the table below: Scheme Number of recipients Area based compensatory allowance 7,435 Suckler cow premium 3,162 Ewe premium 2,115 Extensification premium 4,420 Slaughter premium* 4,871 Special beef premium* 6,473 Arable aid 183 * The figures shown refer to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Approximately 8,500 farmers in County Kerry have established entitlements under the single payment scheme. The value of these entitlements is in excess of €47 million.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: A total of 798 farmers in County Kerry entered the previous scheme of early retirement from farming which ran from 1994 to 1999. To date, 236 farmers in County Kerry have entered the current scheme which began in November 2000.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted 12 applications under the 2004 special beef premium scheme, in respect of a total of 363 animals. Following computer validation, 59 of these animals were identified as non-CMMS compliant. Due to the high number of animals concerned, my Department has undertaken a detailed investigation of the case. On completion of these inquiries, eligibility under the scheme will...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted nine applications under the 2004 special beef premium scheme, in respect of a total of 350 animals. Following computer validation, 79 of these animals were identified as non-CMMS compliant. Due to the high number of animals concerned, my Department has undertaken a detailed investigation of the case. On completion of these inquiries, eligibility under the scheme...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: It is a requirement of the EU regulations under which the early retirement scheme is implemented that the early retirement pension can be paid only as a supplement to any national retirement pension that the participant, and his or her spouse or partner in a joint management arrangement, may receive. This means that the value of any such national retirement pension, which includes...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The joint committee's examination of the early retirement scheme provided a welcome opportunity to air a wide range of issues and I believe that this in itself has been helpful in clarifying the position. Earlier this month I provided a detailed response to the report. Regrettably, I have not been able to accept a number of the committee's recommendations. They are precluded by elements of...

Written Answers — Animal Medicines: Animal Medicines (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 and 212 together. On 22 October last, I announced my decisions on the main issues which had been raised during the consultative phase on draft regulations regarding veterinary medicines. I have also comprehensively outlined my approach in this area to the House on a number of occasions, the most recent of which was in response to a Private Members' motion...

Written Answers — Land Annuities: Land Annuities (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I intend to introduce the discounted buy-out scheme provided for in the Land Act 2005 from 1 January 2006.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the disadvantaged areas scheme-single payment scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2005. The file of the person named was selected for inspection, including cross compliance inspection. The cross compliance inspection, which was conducted on 16 September 2005, revealed no problems. However, some eligibility criteria issues have arisen concerning the area...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: For persons entering the early retirement scheme in the year ended 31 December 2002, pensions are payable for a period of up to ten years but in any event not beyond a retired farmer's 68th birthday. The person named entered the scheme on 17 December 2002 and payment of his pension ceased on 2 May 2005 when he reached age 68.

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 4 May 2005. Details of his 26.23 entitlements, with a net value of €7,322.63, were issued on 18 November 2004. Payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme issued to the person named on 14 October 2005. Payments under the single payment scheme are due to commence on 1 December 2005, as provided for under EU...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid his 2005 disadvantaged areas grant on 1 November 2005.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted two applications under the 2004 special beef premium scheme in respect of a total of 26 animals. The first application, in respect of four animals, was received on 1 March 2004 while the second application, in respect of 22 animals, was received on 31 December 2004. Following computer validation of the second application, it was found that all of the animals were...