Results 1-15 of 15 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Brendan Smith: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-open the beef data and genomics programme to facilitate new entrants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27721/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (28 May 2015)

Brendan Smith: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if urgent consideration will be given to the requests of a number of representative organisations in relation to the need to amend the conditions applicable to the beef data and genomics programme (details supplied), with particular reference to the import of new bloodlines, which are an important part of new breed improvement...

Written Answers — Farm Inspections: Farm Inspections (1 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...works out at a cost of €1,800 per inspection. It should be noted that: The €15.8m figure covers all staff including supervisory and back-up administrative staff and not just the 90 Technical Agricultural Officers who carried out the actual inspections. These figures are based on full salary recovery for all 152 staff including 40% for overheads and a 13% imputed pension cost. The...

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...they would have to secure their long-term profitability in a situation of substantially lower institutional prices. During the reform negotiations, my colleague, the Tánaiste and then Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Mary Coughlan, strongly opposed the Commission's reform proposals and sought to have them modified in such a way that an efficient sugar industry might have been...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (26 May 2010)

Brendan Smith: The Commission has developed a template for calculating the costs of implementing EU funded schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy for the purposes of showing comparisons between Member States. The comparison shows that the administrative costs in Ireland are significantly lower than the EU average. The latest data submitted for the purposes of the EU comparison shows that the cost to...

Written Answers — Sheep Sector: Sheep Sector (30 Jun 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...immediately from these funds in 2009. During the negotiations on the CAP Health Check proposals, I was one of the first Ministers to press for the use of unspent funds from national Single Payment Scheme ceilings to fund measures targeted at specific sectors in need of assistance. I am pleased to have introduced a payment that will fully and efficiently utilise all of the available funds...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 May 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...2009 in the form of an Uplands Sheep Payment. In reaching this decision, I recognised the difficulties, and costs including compliance costs, facing the sheep sector and was anxious to introduce a scheme immediately in order that Irish sheep farmers could benefit from these funds in 2009. During the negotiations on the CAP Health Check proposals I was one of the first Ministers to press...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...estimated National Reserve funds for 2009 and the eligible area declared by farmers in 2008, approximately 14,000 hill sheep farmers will benefit from this payment. It has also been estimated from data available for 2008, that the level of aid will be €35 per hectare. The maximum payment per farmer will be €525. The main features of the new Uplands Sheep Payment are as follows:...

Written Answers — Sheep Sector: Sheep Sector (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...a number of submissions regarding possible future support for this sector. One of my primary objectives in the Health Check Negotiations was to obtain access to unspent funds within the EU's agriculture budget for use by Member States with a wide range of discretion. This was achieved in the final deal and, as a result, Ireland will receive additional funds amounting to approximately...

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

Brendan Smith: ...of the Health Check negotiations, for the facility to use unspent funds from the national Single Farm Payment ceilings to fund measures targeted at specific sectors in need of assistance. Under the Scheme I announced yesterday and based on the eligible area declared by farmers in 2008, approximately 14,000 hill sheep farmers will benefit from the new payment this year. On the basis of...

Written Answers — Sheep Sector: Sheep Sector (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...universal industry support. This would aid greatly in price transparency, which is a prerequisite for efforts to improve quality and respond to the needs of the market. The Lamb Quality Assurance Scheme was established in 2007. This Scheme which is operated by Bord Bia, now has 7000 participants and it is hoped to increase the participation rate during the current year. The number of new...

Written Answers — Farm Inspections: Farm Inspections (9 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 and 389 together. An application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received in this case on the 15th May 2008. This application was selected for a cross compliance and satellite eligibility inspection. The cross compliance inspection was carried out on 10th October 2008. This inspection raised issues in relation to bovine...

Farm Retirement and Installation Aid Schemes. (30 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: Data from the CSO's Farm Structures Survey 2005 estimated that 8% of farm holders were under the age of 35. This figure is in line with the EU average and reflects the broad range of incentives in place to encourage the early transfer of family farms. These incentives include extensive tax reliefs that allow for family farms to be transferred without incurring stamp duty, capital gains tax...

Grant Payments. (21 May 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...electronic on-line system or by delivering them to one of the Department's local offices. The Deputy will be aware that for a number of years, my Department has adopted the practice of pre-printing data on the personalised applications automatically provided to scheme applicants in order to simplify the application process for farmers. The huge benefit of this service is that those...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (20 May 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...accords a high priority to maintaining Ireland's high status in relation to animal health and welfare in the context of protecting consumers and in view of the economic and social importance of agriculture to the country. It remains essential that we anticipate future possibilities wherever possible and maintain the capability of dealing effectively with any threats in this area, from...