Results 14,761-14,780 of 18,496 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process of paying the annual forestry premium is under way. Payments will issue to this applicant shortly. The amounts that will be paid to the applicant are â¬4,844.21 and â¬2,384.13.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process of paying the annual forestry premium is under way. Payments will issue to this applicant shortly. The amounts that will be paid to the applicant are â¬1,139.72 and â¬1,313.67.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process of paying the annual forestry premium is under way. Payments will issue to this applicant 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 (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The application from the person in question cannot be processed further until information requested in a letter dated 3 November 2008 has been received. The applicant's REPS planner was in touch with my officials in the last week and has undertaken to forward the information requested.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person in question has 100 animals for consideration under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Payment has already issued in respect of three animals. In August 2008, his holding suffered severe flooding. Following an on-farm inspection, my Department agreed this was a case of force majeure. In the interests of animal welfare, permission was given by my Department to sell weanlings early...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process of paying the annual forestry premium is under way. Payments will issue to applicants shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process of paying the applicant in question is under way. A payment will issue to him shortly.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: Under the 2009 Single Payment Scheme and other area-based schemes, all of the land declared by an applicant to support a claim (owned, rented and leased) must be available to the applicant for a period including 31 May 2009. The person declaring the land for the single payment will be held responsible for any non-compliance with statutory management requirements under cross-compliance, or...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The REPS planners in question are employed on temporary fixed-term contracts by Teagasc. The recently announced moratorium on public service recruitment prevents Teagasc from renewing such contracts. The budgetary impact of the non-renewal of contracts is an operational matter for Teagasc. My Department has allocated â¬132 million to Teagasc for non-capital purposes in 2009. Subject to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: One Civil Servant in my Department has been dismissed from 2004 to date in 2009.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: It is not out of the traps yet.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned had 125 animals removed as reactors under the Brucellosis Depopulation scheme on 22 September 2000. There are two rates of Depopulation grant available under the scheme: the Standard Rate and the Standard Rate Plus. In order to qualify for the Standard Rate Plus category of compensation, it is necessary for a herdowner to have voluntarily post-movement blood tested...
- 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 amount that will be paid to the applicant is â¬19,636.52.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Young Farmers' Installation Scheme and the Early Retirement Scheme were suspended for new applications on 14 October, 2008 due to budgetary constraints. I indicated at the time that I would monitor all schemes and services throughout 2009 and would review the position thoroughly in the context of the preparations of the 2010 Estimates for my Department.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (6 May 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for REPS 4 are derived from Commission Regulations that reflect the Commission's objective of integrating and harmonising the operation of the various farm payment schemes including the Single Payment Scheme, REPS and the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. For REPS 4, this means that applications to join the Scheme must be submitted by 15 May each year. Any application to join...
- 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