Results 14,381-14,400 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (10 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Compliance with the taxation code is primarily a matter for individual taxpayers and the Revenue Commissioners.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The number of herdowners who currently have entitlements established under the single payment scheme is 136,985.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named applied for premium on 34 animals under the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme. Under the terms and conditions of the scheme a producer may be paid premium on up to 1.8 reckonable livestock units only per hectare of forage area as established from the producer's 2004 area aid application. The forage area on record for the person named is 24.06 hectares, which entitles him to...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named has a reference amount of â¬52.80 under the single payment scheme. This amount will be payable to him provided he submits a single payment application form on or before 16 May with details of the forage area farmed by him in 2005.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 312 together. I made arrangements last month to expedite balancing payments to farmers affected by the special beef premium quota excess, based on an estimated overshoot reduction. Over the last three weeks, â¬83 million has been paid to special beef, suckler cow and slaughter premium applicants, with the bulk of this going to farmers with more than...
- Written Answers — Compulsory Purchase Orders: Compulsory Purchase Orders (10 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Low levels of land mobility as well as the small, fragmented nature of farm holdings have always been regarded as obstacles to the development of a competitive agrifood sector. The development of an Irish agrifood sector that is internationally competitive continues to be a priority for my Department and this will become even more critical following the switch to the single payment scheme. At...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I received the report of the joint Oireachtas committee formally on 7 April. I have asked my officials to consider the recommendations contained in the report, having due regard to the terms and conditions both of the early retirement scheme and the European Commission regulations under which both the current and previous schemes were introduced.
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I received the report of the joint Oireachtas committee formally on 7 April. I have asked my officials to consider the recommendations contained in the report, having due regard to the terms and conditions both of the early retirement scheme and of the European Commission regulations under which the current and previous schemes were introduced.
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The European directives to be implemented by my Department are set out in the following schedule.
- Written Answers — Vetting Procedures: Vetting Procedures (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Appointments to statutory boards under the aegis of my Department are in the first instance subject to the relevant legislation governing the establishment of the board. In considering a person's suitability for appointment to such boards, I would have regard to a range of factors including any known or potential conflicts of interest. Following appointment to a board, the normal disclosure...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The objective of the European Council regulation which governs the current early retirement scheme is structural reform through the provision of a financial incentive to older farmers to retire early to facilitate their replacement by younger farmers who are considered more likely to improve the economic viability of the holding. The regulation sets down minimum requirements which must be met...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The persons named have already been given such a derogation twice and are coming towards the end of the third year of their REPS contract. It is a fundamental requirement of REPS that the livestock on a holding be owned by the participant. The matter has already been examined by the independent Agriculture Appeals Office and my Department's position was upheld. Senior officials of my...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: There is no prohibition on retired farmers planting their land once their period in the early retirement scheme has ended. However, as retired farmers, they do not qualify for the higher rate of forestry premium payable to active farmers.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration under both the inheritance and new entrant measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application, the person named was advised that the application under the inheritance measure was successful and the inherited entitlements will be transferred to the person named. His new entrant application was unsuccessful,...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of this application, the person named has been notified that her application was successful. This will result in the person named receiving 17.50 entitlements with a total net value of â¬5,230.40 after reductions for modulation and the national...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Records in my Department show that a statement of provisional entitlements issued to the person named on 6 August 2004. I have had arrangements made to have a further copy issued to the named person immediately.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: There are no provisions under the force majeure measure of the single farm payment scheme to grant higher or additional entitlements. Where production was affected during the reference years by an accepted case of force majeure-exceptional circumstances, a year or years may be excluded and the single farm payment calculated on a one or two year average. The person named, having been notified...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named applied for 20 animals under the special beef premium scheme on 7 December 2004. The 60% advance payment in respect of 19 animals issued on 9 March 2005. The remaining animal was the subject of an outstanding query which has since been satisfactorily resolved. The 60% advance payment in respect of this animal, together with the interim balancing payments in respect of the 20...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for the transfer of entitlements to him on the grounds of inheritance under the single payment scheme. Following processing of this application, the person named has been notified that the application is successful and 44.44% of the entitlements, representing the land inherited by him, will be transferred to his name. A statement of provisional...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (5 May 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I received the report of the joint Oireachtas committee formally on 7 April. I have asked my officials to consider the recommendations contained in the report, having due regard to the terms and conditions both of the early retirement scheme and of the European Commission regulations under which the current and previous schemes were introduced.