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Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (5 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. However queries...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: I understand that the Deputy is referring to aquaculture licences. The Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997, as amended, governs the granting, renewal, amendment or revocation of aquaculture licences. In accordance with section 10 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 it is open to any individual or legal entity to apply for an aquaculture licence within the meaning and in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Rural Environmental Protection Scheme: Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (5 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. If their applications require no correction following the necessary administrative checks, those who applied for REPS 4 in late 2007, like the person named, will have their...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: In the course of the recently concluded Health Check negotiations, the Council of Ministers agreed as part of the compromise that the future of the CAP post 2013 will be open for review and discussion, based on proposals to be brought forward by the Commission. The compromise provided that these discussions will afford the opportunity to discuss different future models for direct payments....

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: The number of Department owned laptops or other data devices, such as Blackberries, mobile phones and memory keys, reported lost or stolen from my Department since 2007 are set out in the table: Year Item(s) Lost/Stolen 2007 Laptop 1 Laptop reported stolen (car break in) 2008 Laptop 6 Laptops reported stolen (5 in burglaries, 1 stolen from luggage on plane) 2009 (to date) Mobile 1...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: Given the wide geographic location of offices, my Department currently has six accounts with taxi companies. In 2007, expenditure to these six companies totalled €16,379.24 while in 2008, the figure was €17,706.16.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: External file storage facilities are used by my Department and are mainly used to store currently inactive files that cannot be stored on-site in the Departments Office accommodation. The cost involved for my Department in off site storage of files amounts to .078 cents plus vat per week per storage box. The contract was organised by the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: There is a form to be signed by the next of kin of deceased REPS participants and my officials have sent this form to the solicitors representing the person named. When the form is returned, a payment for the period from 1 February 2007 to 21 August 2007 will issue to her without delay.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: A REPS 3 payment will issue to the person named within the next 10 days.

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (4 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 — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: Some 48,580 applications were received from farmers under the revised Farm Waste Management Scheme introduced by my Department in March 2006. Some 17,397 payment claims remain to be brought to final payment stage in 2009, including those which completed the inspection process towards the end of 2008. I regret that it is not possible at this stage to provide a breakdown of these figures on a...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on the 13th May 2008. This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The result of this inspection was clear. However, a cross-report was received in the Single Payment Unit relating to irregularities uncovered as part of an investigation...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (4 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 — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: My Department is processing two foreshore applications in respect of the proposed Belmullet Sewerage Scheme. The first application was received from Mayo County Council on 23 June 2008 for a foreshore licence to facilitate the discharge of treated effluent from a proposed wastewater treatment scheme at Belmullet. The application was circulated to my Department's consultees in the normal...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. The information requested by the Deputy will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: Following the recall of pork products initiated on 6 December 2008, my initial objective was to ensure that all the necessary measures were rapidly put in place to enable the restoration of supplies of Irish pork and bacon products in which the consumer can have full confidence. I have since established a Review Group to be chaired by Professor Patrick Wall to examine the dioxin...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: The following are the details of press conferences and policy launches held by the Department in 2007 and 2008. Date Launch/Press Conference Cost € 24 Jan '07 Launch of National Development Plan 1,584.77 5 Mar '07 National Tree Week Launch 431.30 28 Mar '07 Bord Bia Horticulture Report 508.01 18 April '07 Launch of Dairy Investment Fund 782.96 26 Apr '07 Fruit and Veg. Growers...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: The closing date for the receipt of applications under the 2008 Single Payment Scheme was 15 May 2008, with a further twenty-five calendar day period up to 9 June, for the acceptance of late applications, subject to a rising scale of penalties for such applications. Applications received on or after 10 June were subject to a 100% late penalty on all Single Payments for 2008. An application...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 254 together. The person named did reply to queries from my Department concerning the remaining animals but the information he supplied did not resolve the problem. An official from my Department has now been in touch with him again and he is to forward more material. As soon as this additional material is received, the case will be processed further....

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: The number of herds recorded on 31 December 2008 per county is set out in the table: Number Carlow 1,354 Cavan 4,970 Clare 6,264 Cork 12,293 Donegal 5,671 Dublin 413 Galway 12,059 Kerry 7,038 Kildare 1,892 Kilkenny 3,232 Laois 2,929 Leitrim 3,160 Limerick 5,601 Longford 2,466 Louth 1,182 Mayo 9,998 Meath 3,623 Monaghan 4,263 Offaly 3,140 Roscommon 5,612 Sligo 3,833...