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- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The following tables set out, by month as requested by the Deputy, the number of FOI requests received, the number of requests granted, refused, part refused or withdrawn in the years 2007 and 2008. The monthly breakdown does not facilitate a direct co-relation between the requests received and the replies to those requests. Freedom of Information Requestsreceived in 2007 by the Department...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. My Department is currently examining the application and a decision will be made as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. My Department is currently examining the application and a decision will be made as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 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 (12 Feb 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 (12 Feb 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 (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. My Department is currently examining the application and a decision will be made as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payment of â¬80 in respect of one animal was issued to the person named on 14 November 2008. One other calf will not qualify for payment as it was registered outside the statutory requirement of 27 days from the date of birth. A letter in the matter issued on 10 February 2009. Eight other calves showed errors on the animal event dates. These have now been resolved and payment will issue...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: My Department has no record of an application for REPS 4 from the person named. A REPS 3 payment application was received from him and it will be processed within the period set out in the current Charter of Rights for Farmers.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have now 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 will be made as expeditiously as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require the completion of detailed administrative checks on all applications. Payments are currently issuing to REPS 4 applicants whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks. Further payments will be made as applications are cleared.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: When Fine Gael was in office in the 1980s there were not too many schemes in evidence.
- Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Minister for Health & Children has overall responsibility for the general food labelling legislation. Under the general labelling Directive (2000/13/EC), the place of origin of the foodstuff must be given only if its absence might mislead the consumer to a material degree. The European Commission is currently undertaking a major review of all food labelling legislation. In this context...
- Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The dairy sector is facing a period of market volatility across the globe at present resulting from supply/demand disequilibrium in international markets. Having reached record high levels in 2007 and early 2008, dairy product prices and producer prices also peaked in that time. Since then international dairy product prices have fallen back considerably, although the average Irish producer...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (11 Feb 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. Applications for these schemes received in my Department since 14 October 2008 have not been processed.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The sheep sector already benefits significantly from the main schemes operated by my Department. Sheep farmers receive an estimated annual: â¬126 million from the Single Farm Payment, â¬60 million under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and â¬84 million under REPS. In addition to this support and following the Sheep Strategy Report, a number of other measures have also been put in place to...
- Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Minister for Health & Children has overall responsibility for the general food labelling legislation. Under the general labelling Directive (2000/13/EC), the place of origin of the foodstuff must be given only if its absence might mislead the consumer to a material degree. The European Commission is currently undertaking a major review of all food labelling legislation. In this context...
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: In general, Ireland's national herd covering all farm species meets very high health standards and very good progress has been made in recent years in dealing with regulated diseases such as BSE and Brucellosis. However, less progress has been made in relation to non- regulated diseases. While the losses to agriculture arising from these latter diseases vary from farm to farm and are not...