Results 21-40 of 89 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — : (30 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: In the time available it has not been possible to assemble the information requested on a county basis. However at National level the position is as follows. Ireland's National Ceiling for 2005 was €1,260 million of which 3% (€37.8m) had been provisionally set aside to fund the National Reserve. The cost of funding successful applicants under Force Majeure and New Entrants during the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Mar 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...are no proposals at present to introduce such a system. 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. Capital funding under the NCIP is available to support the building and refurbishment of preschools and grant aid is also available to support the operational costs of...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (19 Oct 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...basis to undertake the national forest inventory. Discussions are ongoing with the Department of Finance in this regard. For the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol Irish forests will sequester 11 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (Mt CO2) over the 5-year period to the end of 2012. This amount is 25% of the emission reductions arising from existing measures outlined in the National Climate...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (29 May 2008)

Brendan Smith: Wood energy is already playing a significant role in meeting Ireland's energy requirements. In 2006, solid biomass, primarily in the form of solid wood, accounted for 45% of renewable energy consumption in Ireland, mainly in the generation of heat in the domestic and wood processing sectors. Projections by COFORD and Sustainable Energy Ireland indicate that there will be a potential annual...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Feb 2008)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together. 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. Capital applications approved under the NCIP are subject to certain criteria, one of which is that...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: The net financial ceiling under the 2008 Single Payment Scheme is €1.274 billion, net of 5% Modulation, while the budgetary figure for the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (DAS) is €257 million, which also includes provision for residue payments from previous years. Although a total of 133,046 applications were received under the 2008 Schemes, these represent a maximum payable of approximately...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...impact of the Health Check proposals. The final deal secured last November differs in some respects from the original proposals. In summary, the deal I secured is worth a potential €80 million in additional payments to farmers over the coming years. In addition, the increase in milk quota will deliver some €100 million worth of additional milk production by 2014. As regards...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 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. I understand from enquiries made that the Group in question applied for transitional funding under the NCIP Community Childcare Subvention Scheme 2008-2010 (CCSS) in December 2007, two months later than the requested date for...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (26 Nov 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...were increased by 8% in 2007, remained unchanged for the 2009 Scheme. Notwithstanding the reduction in funding, the total amount available under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme in 2009 is €220 million. This represents a substantial injection of funds paid to farmers situated in the areas and the Scheme continues to be one of the best-funded Disadvantaged Areas Schemes in the European...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (11 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...That strategy has been translated into a series of detailed actions and schemes and these have been incorporated in the non co-funded Fisheries Operational Programme 2007-2013. A provision of €5 million has been made in my Department's Vote to support Aquaculture development in 2009. It is planned to roll out a number of actions to assist the development of aquaculture and draw down...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (11 Nov 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...with the European Commission, which agreed to the continuation of grant aid under the previous operational programme 2000-06 until 30 June 2009. As a result of these discussions, a provision of €5 million was made available for aquaculture development in the Agriculture Vote for 2009. I approved the spending of €4.5 million of this for aquaculture projects in the Border, Midlands and...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Mar 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 in developing child care services. I understand that the application in question for capital grant funding under the NCIP was not successful as it did not meet the value for money benchmark set under the NCIP. A request for a...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...to a decision being made by the Secretary General of the Department of Health and Children. As the Deputy will be aware the NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, with an allocation of €357 million for capital projects during the 5 year period of 2006-2010. This funding is allocated for each year subject to the rules governing capital expenditure and the multi-annual investment...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...: Contracts entered into during 2008 — Capital Company Details of Contract Value € L&M Keating Ltd Marine Civil Engineering; Construction at Rossaveel Fishery Harbour Centre 8,686,482.53 College Proteins/Dublin Proteins/Waterford Proteins/Premier Proteins Rendering and destruction services to the pig meat recall scheme and the pig and cattle disposal scheme 5,800,000.00 Business...

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. I understand that, in July 2007, the Group referred to was approved under the NCIP interim staffing support scheme for a start up grant of €3,000 in respect of the period September to December 2007. The interim scheme was...

Sports Capital Programme. (12 Mar 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...of sport are acknowledged by this Government and are reflected in the unprecedented level of Government funding for sport. The level of funding available for spending on sport in 2008 is €336 million, compared to just €17 million in 1997. The commitment by Government to sport was further emphasised by the publication of the National Development Plan 2007-2013 which included a...

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

Brendan Smith: ...(Steering a New Course) where aquaculture is recognised as an important element in delivering a sustainable, profitable and self-reliant seafood industry. The estimates for 2009 has set aside €5 million to support aquaculture development. In addition support is provided to the sector by Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (27 Jan 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...States may also provide support to farmers for specific agricultural activities providing agri-environmental benefits. Resulting from this agreement Ireland gained access to in the region of €25 million in additional funding for each of the next three years 2010, 2011 and 2012 for these targeted measures. In considering how these monies might be best spent my objective was to achieve the...

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 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for child care services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality child care supports and services, which are...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Nov 2007)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 152 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. With regard to the application for capital grant assistance under the National...