Results 15,201-15,220 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Details of the number of participants from County Longford in the scheme of early retirement from farming, ERS1, which closed to new applicants on 31 December 1999, and the current scheme, ERS2, introduced in November 2000, for each of the past five years is set out in the following table. Year ended No. of participants in payment ERS1 No. of participants in payment ERS2 31 December...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: A young farmer who has commenced farming, having inherited land, will automatically inherit any entitlements established for the farmer from whom the land was inherited. If the young farmer commenced farming in 2001 or 2002 he or she may apply to be treated as a new entrant, during the reference years, in which case his or her own entitlements would be based on one or two years rather than on...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Allocations of milk quota from the milk quota national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal was established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The named person has submitted an application for additional...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Allocations of milk quota from the milk quota national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal was established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The husband of the named person has submitted an application...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named is a participant in the 2000 early retirement scheme introduced under EU Council Regulation 1257/1999, which she entered in joint management with her husband. It is a requirement of this Council regulation that any national retirement pension to which a scheme participant â and his or her spouse or partner in a joint management arrangement â becomes entitled must be...
- Written Answers — Transportation of Animals: Transportation of Animals (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Most of the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 will not come into effect until 5 January 2007, with a small number of other provisions only having effect from 1 January 2008 and 1 January 2009. The Council regulation, when it comes into force, is designed to improve the welfare of animals during transport both within member states and throughout the European Union and follows...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Allocations of milk quota from the national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal was established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The person named submitted an application for additional quota on the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the independent single payment...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question joined the scheme of early retirement from farming in March 1995 and received payment until his 70th birthday on 20 June 2003, when his participation in the scheme ended. A pension cannot be paid beyond a participant's 70th birthday. The mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy has implications for farmers involved in the early retirement scheme. The new single...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question has been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. Following this decision, the person submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. A full review of the circumstances of the case will be carried out by...
- Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The Department of Agriculture and Food is investigating the matter referred to by the Deputy. A report about the incident has been requested from the French veterinary authorities. Submissions on behalf of the operators are also being examined. Any action which might be taken in respect of the transporter will be considered after all the circumstances of the case have been established.
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question, who is a participant in the scheme of early retirement from farming, applied under regulation 11(1) of the EC (Milk Quota) Regulations 2000, as amended, for ministerial approval to seek a new lessee of land and milk quota. Approval was granted and a letter to that effect issued to the applicant on 28 January 2005. The approval is subject to the new lessee being...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The Department of Agriculture and Food has not received an application from the person in question under the early retirement scheme. On the basis of the information supplied by the Deputy, however, the person is not eligible under the current scheme because she will not reach the minimum age of 55 until November 2007.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question lodged two applications under the 2004 EU special beef premium scheme, on 7 January 2004 in respect of 14 animals and on 13 December 2004 in respect of 19 animals. The 60% advance payment in respect of the first application issued on 20 October 2004. The 60% advance payments for December applications cannot commence before March 2005, following the expiry of the...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 to 404, inclusive, together. An examination of records held by the Department of Agriculture and Food indicates that 92,580 hectares, relating to 8,488 applicants, were approved for afforestation grant aid over the past five years. The Department's main recording system relates to planting rather than approvals, many of which are never activated by...
- Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Each member state has a quota for manufactured sugar under the EU sugar regime. There is no quota for sugar beet and there is no quota at farm level. EU regulations stipulate that the quota must be made available to sugar manufacturing enterprises in the member state. Accordingly, in Ireland the entire sugar quota is processed by Irish Sugar Limited, which is the only sugar manufacturer here....
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is aware that the Department of Agriculture and Food is scheduled to be decentralised to Portlaoise in the first phase of the decentralisation programme. Nine officers have accepted promotion on the understanding that they will have to decentralise to Portlaoise. Eight of the officers were appointed from interdepartmental public appointments service panels. I have no information...
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (3 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application on 23 November 2004 for consideration of his circumstances under the second tranche of the force majeure-exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment scheme. Ill-health was cited on the application form as giving rise to the circumstances outlined. However, no details or medical evidence were furnished in support of the application. The...
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (3 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: A certificate of provisional entitlements under the single payment scheme issued to the person named on 18 November 2004. This statement included a detailed breakdown of how the provisional entitlements were calculated. Farmers who are not satisfied with their provisional entitlement statement may seek a review on a form which is available from all local offices of my Department and from my...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (3 Feb 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Following the closure of the Carlow sugar processing plant, Irish Sugar Limited. intends to process the entire Irish sugar quota at its Mallow plant, which will be upgraded. The question of developing an ethanol production plant would be a commercial matter for the company and I have not engaged in discussions with it in that regard. Promotion and development of renewable energy in Ireland...