Results 15,041-15,060 of 18,343 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person concerned 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 — Fish Quotas: Fish Quotas (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The EU Fisheries Council acting on a proposal from the EU Commission decides which fish stocks are subject to a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and quota regime. The allocation of quotas (per-cent shares) between Member States is based to a large extent on recent track record of fishing by Member States fishing fleets. The stocks in western waters specified by the Deputy are not at this time...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person named holds 25.38 standard entitlements valued at €12,117. In 2007 he leased a further 33.75 entitlements from his father and received a total payment of €24,016 under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme. A request was subsequently received by my Department from the lessor and lessee requesting that the lease be terminated at the end of 2007 and this request was granted. In 2008...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: My Department has carried out a comprehensive review of this application for the Single Payment related to the 2005 decoupled Dairy Premium. Following the completion of this review, it has been decided that payment can be made to the applicant and the amount due will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: My Department received an application under the early retirement scheme from the person named on 17th October 2008. It could not be accepted for processing as it was received after the Scheme had been suspended for new applications.

Written Answers — Departmental Licences: Departmental Licences (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Regulation (EC) No. 1774 of 2002 and Statutory Instrument No. 252 of 2008 lay down strict controls for the safe use and disposal of animal by-products, with a view to safeguarding human and animal health. This regulation allows for an authorised premises meeting specified standards, known as a Collection Centre, to collect and treat certain animal by-products for the feeding of animals such...

Written Answers — Departmental Licences: Departmental Licences (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: 2057The level of information requested by the Deputy in her question is not readily available but I will arrange to forward it to her directly in the coming days.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 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 (11 Mar 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. Payment of the initial 40 per cent to farmers approved for payment has commenced and will continue as claims are...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person named was approved for payment in respect of five months in 2008 and the first phase of his payment issued on 5 March 2009. The balance will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 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 — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The Pigmeat Recall Scheme introduced by my Department in December allows for the making of payments to primary and secondary processors of eligible pigmeat products affected by the dioxin incident. The scheme, which is partly co-funded by the EU, provides for verifiable destruction of affected product. In recognising that the logistics involved in bringing all product to destruction would...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 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 (11 Mar 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 (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: No decision has been taken to date on the recoupment of forestry premium from Coillte as this issue is being considered within my Department in the context of Coillte's proposed strategy for the period 2008-2012. Consideration of this matter has taken some time because a number of important inter-related issues arose over that time which impinged on Coillte such as the Bacon Review and the...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The Farmers' Market at Howth Fishery Harbour Centres is operated and managed by an independent market operator licensed by my Department. A licence for an initial period of six months was issued in 2005 and a further licence for a three year period to 31 December 2008 was issued in 2006. The award of the licence was not subjected to the tender process. When the licence expired the licensee...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The operation and management of the Farmers' Market at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is the responsibility of Mr Seán McArdle the current licence holder. Decisions with regard to the allocation of stalls at the Farmers' Market are made by the licence holder. The holder of the licence to operate the Farmers' Market has the discretion to run the market as he/she deems appropriate and it is not...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The licence to operate the Farmers' Market at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre expired on 31 December 2008. The licensee was legally entitled to the option to renew the licence and chose to exercise that option. As a result the licence was renewed for a further term of one year and the issue of the licence being put to tender did not arise. The current licence holder is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Compulsory Retirement Age: Compulsory Retirement Age (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The provisions of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 2004 apply to all personnel who have taken up appointment as public servants on or after 1 April 2004. There are currently 336 civil servants employed in my Department who were hired on or after 1 April 2004. However, a small number of these, who were previously employed in public sector bodies, have been...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 Mar 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...