Results 1-20 of 89 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Smith

Common Agricultural Policy. (11 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: With the existing modulation arrangements, the amount collected annually is €42.5 million. That modulation is in place up to 5%. With the new rates that will be applicable there will be an increase in modulation rate of 2% this year and 1% in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The additional funding that will be generated for the modulated fund will be €17 million this year, €25 million in 2010,...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (7 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Some €5 million of Exchequer funding was allocated in 2010 to the Commercial Aquaculture Development Scheme, an implementing measure under the Irish Seafood National Programme 2007-2013. BIM are responsible for implementation of the scheme. On 30 July 2010, BIM invited applications under the scheme, with an application deadline of 20 August. Eligible applications received amounted to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Apr 2010)

Brendan Smith: Payments worth €7 million in total are being made to 13,000 hill sheep farmers under the 2009 Upland Sheep Payment. Payments commenced in early December and, to date, payments worth in excess of €5 million have issued. The balancing payments, worth €2 million in total, are scheduled to commence in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2010)

Brendan Smith: Payments worth €7 million in total are being made to 13,000 hill sheep farmers under the 2009 Upland Sheep Payment. Payments commenced in early December and, to date, payments amounting to €5 million have issued to sheep farmers. The balancing payments, worth €2 million in total, are scheduled to commence in the coming weeks.

Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)

Brendan Smith: Of course I do. I introduced the €7 million upland sheep scheme last year. That was the totality of the funding available from the unused funds to which I had access in 2009. I stated I would dedicate that funding to the sheep sector because of the difficulties it has gone through. More than €5 million of that €7 million has been paid out. Queries were made to certain people. It...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2010)

Brendan Smith: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of staff in my Department is given in 4 separate Tables. The full years' savings generated in 2009 due to staffing reductions was 7.4 million when compared to the 2008 outturn. Comparison between my Department's salary and overtime outturn at end-September 2010 and end-September 2009 shows savings of €18 million. It should be noted that...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 Apr 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Child-care Investment Programme 2006 — 2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for child-care services. I understand that the Group in question has applied for €1.112 million in capital funding through their local County Child-care Committee. The...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The following table below gives the details requested, regarding the number of capital grant applications under the NCIP, broken down by county, which have...

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (27 Jan 2009)

Brendan Smith: The 5-year Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds came into operation in January 2008. It aims to encourage and underpin the adoption of high standards of animal welfare in suckler herds and to improve the quality of breeding cattle in the beef sector. Almost 54,000 suckler farmers have joined and 85% of all the suckler cows in the country are now covered by the...

Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)

Brendan Smith: We are discussing the upland sheep scheme now. More than €5 million has been paid down. We have introduced schemes that are altogether administratively simple, under which we do not have a necessary inspection process that costs money. I refer to the new €18 million scheme. Department officials were engaged in widespread consultation with each of the farming organisations. We sought...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (17 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: The total aid available to Ireland under the EFF amounts to €42 million for the period 2007 — 2013. In line with this funding, an Operational Programme for Fisheries in support of the seafood industry has been developed and approved by the EU Commission. Priority has been given to the Decommissioning of Fishing Vessels Scheme for which a total of €32 million has been set aside. A...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (30 Apr 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...however, received funding under my Department's Fishery Harbours and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme in recent years. Up to the end of 2008, my Department has spent approximately €5 million on the project. Approval has recently been granted for expenditure of up to €1.6 million in 2009. This investment will build on the work already carried out on Phase 1 of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Motion (13 Dec 2012)

Brendan Smith: I support the motion also. The first line which refers to in excess of 5 million people having lost their lives speaks volumes for all of us. The motion is well structured with very good content and I support it.

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (27 Jan 2009)

Brendan Smith: Grant funding for the Aquaculture Sector is provided for under the NDP 2007-2013 Operational Programme which is being finalised at present. In 2009 €5 million has been allocated under the Aquaculture Development Measure in the Operational Programme. Since June 2007, total investment in Aquaculture amounted to some €20 million (of which €9.6m is grant aid) in 133 projects. Of these,...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (21 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: The Seafood Development Operational Programme which was adopted by the EU Commission on the 9th September 2008 was allocated €42.26 million of European Fisheries Funds for the period 2007-2013. This Operational Programme will only involve schemes which are co-funded by EFF monies. Following intense negotiations between Department and the EU Commission these co-funded monies were allocated...

Written Answers — Mushroom Industry: Mushroom Industry (20 Oct 2009)

Brendan Smith: There has been a decline in the number of mushroom growers from 504 in 2000 to 85 at present. However, the level of output has remained relatively stable as there has been an increase in the scale of operation of the growers remaining in the business in an effort to reduce unit costs. The mushroom industry like all industries has faced challenges due to sterling volatility. I am satisfied...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 Apr 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-10, which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for child care services. I understand the Group in question has applied through its local County Childcare Committee for capital funding under the programme. However the committee requires...

Written Answers — Sheep Sector: Sheep Sector (26 Nov 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...Department already provides significant support to the sheep sector through the Single Farm Payment, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and REPS. In addition, this year Bord Bia will spend up to €1 million on the promotion of sheep and lamb at home and abroad, and Teagasc has allocated almost €1.5 million for sheep research. Earlier this year, I made a decision to assign €7 million from...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (7 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The Government's National Recovery Plan identifies the level of Departmental savings to be achieved over the period 2011 to 2014. In 2011, the Department will be required to achieve savings of €75 million which, as specified in the Plan, includes reduced expenditure of €37.5m on REPS. This amount represents reduced expenditure on REPS and reflects the fact that the 5 year contract...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 — 2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over five years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. Initially when seeking capital funding under the NCIP applicants approach the City/County Childcare Committees who assist in the development of...