Results 14,621-14,640 of 18,341 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme. His application for payment is currently being examined and a decision will be made in regard to the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named has been paid â¬240.00 for three animals under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Of the remaining two animals, one is under query: it is expected the query will be resolved shortly and payment will then issue. The other animal will not qualify for payment, as both cow and calf were sold at a mart on 21 April 2008.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process to pay the annual forestry premium is already under way and the payment will issue to applicants very shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Single Payment Scheme application from the person named above has been fully processed and payment issued on 28 April 2009
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process to pay the annual forestry premium is already underway and the payment will issue to this applicant very shortly. The amounts that will be paid to the applicant are â¬11,201.03 and â¬1,117.16
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: My Department has written to the Company seeking recovery of the amount involved.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process to pay the annual forestry premium is already underway and the payment will issue to this applicant very shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process to pay the annual forestry premium is already under way and the payment will issue to this applicant very shortly.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: It is not possible to compile the information requested by the Deputy within the short timeframe available. My Department will write to the Deputy within the next two weeks detailing the information requested, save for the annual expenditure on external legal costs by each of the agencies under my aegis, as the incurrence of such costs is a matter for each agency.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process to pay the annual forestry premium is already under way and the payment will issue to this applicant very shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment will issue to the person named within the next 10 days.
- Written Answers — Sheep Census: Sheep Census (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Census returns received by my Department indicate that at December 2008 Ireland had in the order of 3.1 million sheep (3,090,466) including almost 80,000 breeding rams. These figures are based on the returns received from 94% of the 37,248 sheep flock-keepers that were on this Department's database at that time. While the census does not record breeding ewes as such, it is estimated that...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Under the final agreement on the Health Check of the CAP, Ireland will have access to additional funds of the order of â¬25 million annually from unspent CAP funds from 2010. In accordance with the requirements of the regulation these funds can be used to address specific economic disadvantages affecting farmers in the dairy, beef and veal, sheep and goat and rice sectors. My main priority...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: A letter detailing the reason for rejecting the plan was issued to the person name on 25 March 2009; no reply has been received to date.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 3 April 2009.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 17 April 2009.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 28 April 2009.