Results 13,521-13,540 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme/disadvantaged areas scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2005. During the processing of this application certain issues were identified relating to the land utilisation. These matters have since been resolved and payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will shortly issue to the person named.

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Animal Remedies Regulations 1996, it is an offence to sell or supply a prescription-only medicine other than on the prescription of a veterinary practitioner. My Department will fully investigate any breaches of the legislation alleged in the programme concerned with a view to prosecution.

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named presented an animal for slaughter at a meat export plant on 13 October 2005. When a CMMS traceability check was carried out at the factory, it was discovered that an animal with the same tag number had been recorded as having been exported the previous year. A feature of Ireland's traceability system is that each bovine's tag number details are unique. In the circumstances,...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The figures requested are being compiled and I will write to the Deputy in the next few days.

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

Mary Coughlan: Approximately 12,500 farmers in County Mayo have established entitlements under the single payment scheme. The value of these entitlements is in excess of €58 million.

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for a review of entitlements under the single payment scheme. During the processing of this review my Department took the view that the case of the person named should be assessed on the grounds of force majeure or exceptional circumstances as provided for in Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. My Department has completed the...

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

Mary Coughlan: My Department was involved in correspondence with the applicant concerning the area of a land parcel included in his single payment application. The matters raised have now been resolved. Payments under the 2005 disadvantaged area scheme have commenced and a payment amounting to €583.05 under this scheme will be made to the person named within the next few days.

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

Mary Coughlan: An application under the disadvantaged areas scheme-single payment scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2005. As part of the control procedures required under EU legislation governing the single farm payment, the application of the person named was randomly selected for a ground eligibility inspection. The inspection process was completed and payment issued to the person named...

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted three applications under the 2004 special beef premium scheme in respect of a total of 32 animals. The first application, in respect of one animal for bull premium, was received on 7 September 2004; the second application, in respect of 18 animals for first age premium, was received on 6 October 2004 and the third application, in respect of 13 animals for first age...

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

Mary Coughlan: A final decision in this matter hasnot been made as yet but the issue is being examined in consultation with the Department of Finance.

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named had completed three years in REPS 2 and was selected for a compliance inspection in his fourth year. Following the inspection, he was notified on 3 November 2004 that he was to be penalised for not spreading lime as required in his farm plan. This was because he could produce no record of having bought lime. He appealed the penalty locally and at the end of November 2004 he...

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The gross output of the poultry industry is in excess of €150 million. There are approximately 1,000 commercial poultry farms in Ireland and 40% of these farms are based in County Monaghan. While there are no official statistics for the numbers employed directly and indirectly in the service industry, it is estimated that there would be roughly up to 6,000 people involved in the production,...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Official data on deer farming is available from the census of agriculture which is carried out by the Central Statistics Office roughly every ten years. The first and so far only census of agriculture that included deer was in June 2000. This stated that there were farmed deer on 266 farms. Teagasc has estimated that the number of farms involved in deer production peaked in the mid-1990s at...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: According to the Teagasc survey, the number of mushroom producers in Ireland in 1997 was 576. The latest information available from Teagasc is that the number of producers has now fallen to 135. However in the same period, the level of production has increased from 57,000 tonnes of mushrooms in 1997 to 65,059 tonnes in 2004 due to the increasing scale and production output of farms remaining...

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

Mary Coughlan: The 2004 area aid application of the person named was fully processed with an area determined for payment purposes of 18.17 hectares. Payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme issued on 17 September 2004. His 2005 application has also been fully processed with an area of 18.17 hectares. His grant under the 2005 scheme will issue shortly.

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

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 and 451 together. The person named has established 57.66 entitlements with a total net value of €6,423.90 under the single payment scheme. The person named submitted an application for consideration of force majeure-exceptional circumstances in respect of his entitlements under the scheme. The circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria...

Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 460 together. Finance Ministers will conduct their second reading of the preliminary draft budget for 2006 later this month following which it will be sent to the European Parliament for its final reading. I will endeavour to ensure that the budget for 2006 is sufficient to provide for the full range of market and other supports, direct payments and...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare Bodies: Animal Welfare Bodies (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has in recent years made ex gratia payments to a number of bodies involved in the actual delivery of animal care and welfare services throughout the country. The funding available to any individual organisation is dependent on resources available and the level of demand and is therefore intended only as a contribution to the overall costs of the organisations. Until 2004, these...

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid his 2004 disadvantaged areas grant on 17 September 2004. His grant under the 2005 scheme was paid on 24 October 2005.

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (2 Nov 2005)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has taken a range of measures aimed at minimising the risk of the introduction of avian influenza into the country. The Department is constantly reassessing the level of risk and will continue to introduce such measures as are proportionate to that level of risk. To date, bans have been placed on the importation of live birds and specified poultry products from countries...