Results 14,881-14,900 of 18,496 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the primary agency with responsibility for the enforcement of EU legislation in regard to the labelling of fisheries products. The case referred to by the deputy was brought against a company for breach of the EU labelling regulations, it was dismissed, not for salmon labelling issues but because the judge felt that the evidence put before her...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Payment of grant-aid will issue shortly from my Department.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2008 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 April 2009. This application has been accepted on the basis that proof of postage dated 1 May 2008 was received from the person named. The application is currently been processed and a decision regarding the payment of Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue to the person named shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: It is intended that the annual forestry premium payment will issue to this applicant before the end of April 2009.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: In the case of the first person referred to by the Deputy, my Department has no record of having received an application under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme from the person concerned. As far as the second person referred to by the Deputy is concerned, his application under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was received by my Department after its suspension for new applications...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payments for REPS 3 are made in advance at the beginning of each contract year. The person named began his REPS 3 contract on 1 July 2006. He was paid for the first two years of the contract, covering the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2008. He died on 20 June 2008 and his contract ended automatically in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Scheme. There is no outstanding...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 9 April.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: This case has been reviewed and a derogation from the requirement to have a minimum of 3 hectares of owned land is being granted. The applicant will be so advised by letter in the near future.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named has 18 animals for consideration under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme. However, as this number includes a set of twins the number of grants payable is limited to 17, as it is the dam, which qualifies for a single grant of â¬80.00. It is a condition of the scheme that for herds with more than 10 suckler cows, the calves must be weaned in at least two separate groups. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 17th April.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment of the first instalment of 40 per cent will issue in this case following approval by my Department of the payment claim concerned.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment of the initial 40 per cent of grant-aid will issue shortly in relation to the application by the person concerned under the Farm Waste Management Scheme.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named has 16 animals for consideration under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Payment totalling â¬400.00 has issued in respect of 5 eligible animals. There were queries on the remaining 11 animals, and 10 of these have now been resolved and payment will issue shortly. On 20 April 2009, a query letter issued to the applicant regarding the final animal, and for which the sire...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Grant-aid under the Farm Improvement Scheme was issued by my Department to the person concerned on 16 April 2009.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The following table sets out the information requested by the Deputy: 2007 2008 2009 to date* No. of uncertified Sick Days 3426 3095 730.3 No. of employees who have taken 1-10 uncert. Sick Days in year in question 2469 2156 465 No. of employees who have taken more than 10 uncert. Sick Days in year in question 0 1 0 No. of uncert. Sick days taken on a Friday 317 255 82 No. of uncert....
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: The current regime on sea bass management in Ireland, based on consistent scientific advice, provides for a complete ban on commercial landings of sea bass and a daily bag limit for anglers of 2 fish. This has been in place since the early 1990s. At the request of the Federation of Irish Fishermen, I am currently reviewing these measures in consultation with the Minister for Communications,...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Apr 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment will issue to the person within the next 10 days.