Results 1-20 of 26 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme provides relatively short-term working capital for terms of 1 to 3 years, to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees to help them innovate, change or adapt to mitigate their Brexit challenges. Businesses can confirm their eligibility with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and, if deemed eligible, can apply to one of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (27 Jun 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The €300 million Brexit loan scheme provides relatively short-term working capital of one to three years for eligible businesses with up to 499 employees to help them to innovate, change or adapt to mitigate their Brexit challenges. Businesses can confirm their eligibility with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, and, if deemed eligible, can apply to one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (27 Feb 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects payments to be made under the 2013 beef data scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10169/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (11 Jul 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The €300 million Brexit loan scheme provides relatively short-term working capital of one to three years for eligible businesses with up to 499 employees to help them to innovate, change or adapt to mitigate their Brexit challenges. Businesses can confirm their eligibility with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, and, if deemed eligible, can apply to one of the...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: This is the first agriculture budget that does not cut existing schemes but introduces new schemes. I very much welcome the announcement that there will be a major investment in the beef industry. I have been lobbying the Minister for some time now for the need to introduce a suckler cow support scheme. As I have said on many occasions, our suckler herd is the maternity ward of our beef...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (22 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...and 122 together. The employment permit system is managed through the operation of the critical skills and ineligible occupations lists. In May 2018, following a comprehensive review of the data/evidence available and consideration, by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as the lead policy Department for the sector, of a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (10 Jul 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The employment permit system is managed through the operation of the critical skills and ineligible occupations lists. In May 2018, following a comprehensive review of the data and evidence available, and consideration of a detailed business case by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as the lead policy Department for the sector, a pilot quota based scheme was introduced to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: While sectoral supports in this area are a matter for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Social Protection administers the Farm Assist scheme, which is a statutory means-tested income support specifically for farmers on low-incomes. There are approximately 4,000 claims in payment at present. The Government has provided €50.93 million for the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Farm Assist Scheme is a means tested support for farmers on low incomes who satisfy the scheme’s statutory conditions including a means test. The estimated expenditure for the scheme for 2022 is approximately €53.9 million. A commitment was made under the Programme for Government and in the 'Our Rural Future Rural Development Policy 2021-2025' to conduct a review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Management (8 Oct 2015)

Heather Humphreys: As I have stated on a number of occasions, significant funding is provided through the Rural Development Programme (operated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) to assist farmers in meeting the requirements of the Birds and Habitats Directives. It is wise in my view that the Programme, co-funded with the EU, is used for such purposes. Farmers in Hen Harrier Special...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (11 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The tables below provides details of the amount of funding allocated to county Cork since July 2017 (when my Department was established) and details of the schemes under which this funding was assigned. Unfortunately, this project data is not available at the specific granular geographical level requested by the Deputy. Allocations to County Cork 2017-2022 € ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In May 2018 a pilot scheme of employment permit quotas for dairy farm assistants, horticulture workers and meat processing operatives was put in place.  To date this pilot scheme has proved very successful with a total of 1,479 out of the total quota of 2,050 permits having issued broken down as follows: - Meat Processing Operatives 1,500 of which 1,339permits have issued....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (12 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...remain in the employment permit processing queue until reached for processing at which stage the appropriate economic sector and occupation is assigned. Therefore, there is no statistical data available regarding the number of outstanding work permit applications for employers seeking to employ skilled staff in the meat industry. In 2018, at my request, following significant and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The SME Credit Guarantee Scheme encourages additional lending to SMEs by offering a partial Government guarantee to banks against losses on qualifying loans to eligible SMEs. Loans under the scheme range from €10,000 to €1m for terms of up to seven years. Government has agreed a new €2 billion COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme as a further development of the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The SBCI Covid-19 Working Capital Scheme opened for eligibility applications on 23 March. The scheme is offered by my Department in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The scheme is operated by the SBCI through participating finance providers. It currently makes available a fund of up to €200m to eligible businesses that have been negatively affected by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...Farm assist is a statutory income support specifically for farmers on low incomes. There are approximately 4,800 claims in payment at present. The Government has provided €53.9 million for the scheme for 2022. The means assessment under farm assist is generous when compared with the means test applied under jobseeker's allowance for other self-employed individuals. Farmers also...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (9 Oct 2018)

Heather Humphreys: ...which the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection played an active role. Membership of the IDG was drawn from senior officials of key Government Departments, including the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, who played a key role in reviewing all available evidence and data when considering the introduction of the pilot scheme to address labour shortages in the...

Beef Industry: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2014)

Heather Humphreys: ...the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the beef sector. At the outset, I acknowledge the vital role the beef sector plays in the agrifood industry and, in turn, the major contribution agriculture makes to the Irish economy. I acknowledge there is a problem with beef prices at the moment. Unfortunately, many farmers are going through a very difficult time. I have spoken to many...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...beauty and barber industry to discuss the implications of Covid-19 for their businesses. With specific regard to queries around cashflow and working capital, the SBCI Covid-19 Working Capital Scheme opened for eligibility applications on 23 March and currently makes available a fund of up to €200m to eligible businesses that have been negatively affected by impacts arising from...

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am sharing time with Deputy Deering and Deputy Peter Burke. I am pleased to speak to the House on this important issue on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed. The Government is very much aware of the importance of the suckler sector to Ireland's rural economy and the wider agri-food industry. In addition to its contribution to Irish beef...