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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department's attention has been drawn to the concerns among energy crop growers of the tax treatment of establishment costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17404/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will extend the same tax allowances to the woody biomass crops as are available to forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17411/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a 0% VAT rate on the supply of miscanthus and all energy crop seedstock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17412/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted a refund of VAT in respect of farm buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17413/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if community child care facilities which are operated on a not for profit basis can be exempted from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17414/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will guarantee that a third consultant surgeon will be available to Mallow General Hospital on a permanent basis for the period after 31 May, 2008 when the current arrangements expire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17645/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm receipt of an application for a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will approve this application. [17908/08]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm receipt of an application for grant aid for a sporting organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [17907/08]

Written Answers — Rural Development Programme: Rural Development Programme (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role his Department played in negotiating AXIS 1, 2 and 3 with the EU Commission; the reason AXIS 4 measures are being progressed as non co-financed; the consequences for rural development measures for coastal communities; the specific proposals by his Department to target coastal communities under the revised...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of sheep farmers who applied for additional single farm payment from the national reserve element of the sheep package announced on 16 May 2007; the number of sheep farmers who have been paid single farm payment from this measure to date; the number of outstanding cases which remain unpaid; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Sheep Sector: Sheep Sector (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of the on-farm investment grant aid scheme announced for sheep farmers on 16 May 2007; the dates on which this investment grant aid package opened; the date on which it was closed by him; the number of farmers who applied; the amount of investment grant aid paid out under the scheme to sheep farmers; the...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers that have applied for the REP scheme mixed grazing supplementary measure for sheep farmers announced on 16 May 2007 claiming to be worth €28 million per annum; the amount of money paid out under this measure to date; the proposals he has to release the hold up on payment of this money to sheep...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 353: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details provided) in County Cork will have their REP scheme grant paid shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17403/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 354: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has proposals to introduce a grant scheme for machinery used for harvesting bio-energy crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17405/08]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the regulation in the REP scheme whereby miscanthus can only be grown on 10 hectares or 25% of any land holding as this condition is discouraging growers from entering into the REP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/08]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the condition of the REP scheme four whereby miscanthus growers must leave an uncultivated four metre margin around each field or plot of crop as the condition serves no agronomy, bio-diversity or environmental purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17407/08]

Written Answers — Cereal Sector: Cereal Sector (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has proposals to encourage conservation agriculture in the tillage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17408/08]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if forestry lands owned by Coillte, which have been harvested without grant aid either from the State or the EU and which have now been sold on with a replanting obligation, have an entitlement to forestry grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17409/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of grants under the farm improvement scheme paid in County Cork; the breakdown in respect of each farm development office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17644/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new Animal Welfare Bill will be published; if it is proposed in the context of this legislation to ban fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17647/08]