Results 15,481-15,500 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The herd number system is an administrative arrangement under the bovine disease eradication schemes. A herd number is issued to the keeper of bovine animals, being a person, for the purposes of and solely in the interests of disease control for bovine animals. The same system, however, is used to identify applicants for various schemes operated by my Department. I emphasise that a herd...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 342 together. I understand there are legal proceedings between members of the family involved in this case. As a result my Department is not in a position to identify the person entitled to payment of grants and accordingly payment must be withheld until the dispute is resolved.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The person named has advised my Department of the death of her late husband, with whom she was registered as joint herdowner. My Department has asked that she provide a letter from her solicitor confirming that she is entitled to full ownership of the lands and stock. As soon as this information is received her applications for 2004 area- based compensatory allowance and 2004 suckler cow...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure-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 appeals...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure-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 appeals...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The forest service of my Department has been in contact with the person in question and awaits documentation from him.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The person named was an applicant under the 1989 EEC scheme of compensatory allowances in respect of forestry paragraph 3(a) of the terms and conditions of the scheme: provided that the scheme will apply only to individual natural persons permanently engaged in agriculture who were in receipt of 1986, 1987 and 1988 grants under the sheep headage scheme or cattle and equine headage scheme or...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The national council for forest research and development is a non-statutory agency under the aegis of my Department with a contract staff of five persons. It is located in Dublin, separate from the Department. No decision has been taken about its decentralisation.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: Three staff of the national council for forest research and development are members of the non-contributory pension scheme for non-established State employees and also of the spouses and children's contributory scheme for non-established State employees A further member of staff is on secondment from Coillte and is a member of the Coillte pension scheme. The remaining staff member is employed...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The expenditure and projected income associated with the two recently published national council for forest research and development books Trees, Forests and the Law in Ireland and Irish Forestry â A Concise History are set out below.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The breakdown of the national council for forest research and development costs for the calendar year 2003, by category requested, is set out below. There was no depreciation of any significant assets in use in 2003 and the national council for forest research and development did not avail of any services from its parent Department at that time, the Department of Marine, Communications and...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The European Commission has indicated that certain expenditure relating to staff costs for research and development under the forestry heading of the operational programme for agriculture and rural development, 1994-99, is ineligible for co-funding. Such expenditure had, however, been deemed eligible under the previous operational programme. This matter has been in dispute for some time. It...
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: As stated in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 9 December 2003, a survey and sampling of badgers was conducted under licence in mid November 2003. A substantial proportion of the badgers were removed and these were sent for post mortem examination. A high rate of TB lesions was disclosed indicating a link with infection in the bovine herd from the local badger population. The disease...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: Having checked the Department's database using the details supplied, there is no evidence that any payments are due to the persons named. As indicated in previous replies in respect of the decoupled dairy premium, where a lease of lands and milk quota expires during the milk quota year, that part of the milk quota utilised by the lessee will be available to that person for the purpose of...
- Written Answers — Farm Management: Farm Management (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: Following concerns expressed by a few farmers about animal production on individual farms in County Kilkenny, and in accordance with an established protocol, investigations involving several relevant agencies are under way. Staff from my Department have visited the farm concerned on several occasions. Likewise, Teagasc staff have been to the farm. Two inter-agency meetings have already been...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: Under my Department's capital investment scheme for the marketing and processing of certain agricultural products, up to 40% grant aid may be awarded for capital projects intended to improve the marketing and processing of products in the horticulture, potatoes, grain, egg packing and livestock, including marts, sectors. Awards are made following evaluation and taking account of the funding...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The application period for the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme ran from 2 January 2004 to 30 June 2004. Applications received after 30 June but before the 26 July 2004 could be accepted subject to the application of a late penalty. No premium is payable on applications received on or after 26 July 2004. The person named submitted his application under the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme on 9...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The person named was selected for a good farming practice inspection in 2004. At inspection a discrepancy in the area of the holding was found. Pending resolution of the query payment of the 2004 area-based compensatory allowance could not be made. The problem has now been resolved and payment of the full amount due will be made to the person named shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The issue of the statement of provisional entitlements has been delayed in this case because a special beef premium payment due to the person named had not issued and therefore had not carried across to his entitlements. This payment has now been manually added to his single payment entitlement details and a statement will issue to him shortly.
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (16 Nov 2004)
Mary Coughlan: The planting target of 20,000 hectares per annum was established under the 1996 Strategic Plan for the Development of the Forestry Sector in Ireland â Growing for the Future. This target was re-affirmed recently in Peter Bacon and Associates Review and Appraisal of Ireland's Forestry Development Strategy, September 2004, although it was also noted that a lesser annual planting figure could...