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- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: Entry to REPS 4 continues to be available to eligible applicants.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named 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 (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named 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 (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant 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 (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the applications concerned as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Minister for Health and 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...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: If the application and plan submitted by the person named pass the administrative checks, his REPS 4 contract will have a starting date of 1 January 2009 and his first payment will be due when the administrative checks for all 2009 payments are completed towards the end of 2009.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named 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 (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named 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 (3 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 last week to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks. Further payments...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: My Department has no record of an application for REPS 4 from the person named. He received payment on 15 December 2008 for the third year of his REPS 3 contract.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named 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 (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named has 21 cows for payment processing under the scheme. Payments totalling â¬931.20 in respect of 12 animals have already issued. The remaining 9 animals are ineligible for payment at present, as their calves were moved from the holding to a mart on 2 September 2008, which was during the compulsory 4 weeks meal-feeding period prior to weaning. Although these animals were...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: In the context of the reform of the EU sugar regime in 2006, EU restructuring aid was made available where a sugar processor renounced sugar quota and undertook to dismantle the associated sugar production facilities. The amount of the aid available was based on the size of the quota involved. The sugar processor concerned had to implement a restructuring plan including social commitments in...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: During the negotiations on the Health Check of the CAP I pressed very strongly for and was successful in getting agreement that Member States be allowed to use unspent Single Farm Payment funds for a range of measures including specific sectors in need of assistance. These funds which amount to approximately â¬29m will be available from 2010. In addition I secured agreement for the early...
- Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: Under the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme modulated funds of â¬225.5m were included as an integral part of the overall funding available. Over the period of the programme the total allocation of funding of â¬5.778bn was based on three sources: EU co-funding â¬2.114bn, Modulation â¬0.225bn, Exchequer â¬3.439bn. In the year 2008 approximately â¬41m of modulated funds were included...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 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 last week to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks. Further payments...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named 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 (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Farm Waste Management Scheme closed for the receipt of payment applications at the end of 2008 and 17,397 payment claims remain to be brought to final payment stage. My Department is endeavouring to ensure that all inspections and outstanding payments are completed within the shortest time possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Installation Aid Scheme. Further information has now been requested from the person concerned and his application cannot be further processed until this information is received.