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The Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine (Irish: An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia, Iascaigh agus Mara) is a department of the Government of Ireland. According to the department, its mission is to "lead the sustainable development of a competitive, consumer focused agri-food sector and to contribute to a vibrant rural economy and ...
It provides a business development service, a veterinary service and the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, and is responsible to the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for the administration of schemes affecting the whole of the United Kingdom and also oversees the application of European ...
A service voucher is a financial instrument which allows a public authority to target social services at those it deems in need, and at the same time to promote employment and labour market integration. It effectively boosts demand for certain services which meet social policy objectives.
Safefood (also known as The Food Safety Promotion Board; FSPB; Irish: An Bord um Chur Chun Cinn Sabháilteachta Bia; [1] Ulster-Scots: Tha Mait Safétie Fordèrin Boord [2] or The Meat Sauftie Forder Buird), [3] is the public body responsible for raising consumer awareness of issues relating to food safety and healthy eating across the island of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic ...
The UK Government decided to be one of the first countries in Europe to introduce the Single Payment Scheme and decided to start to phase it in from 2005. Introduction in the UK was strategically coordinated via Defra , with devolved responsibility to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to independently implement the scheme.
The FSAI was established on 1 January 1999, with the enactment of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998. The chief executive of the FSAI is Dr. Pamela Byrne. [1] The FSAI Act empowers the Authority to issue closure orders and prohibition orders on food businesses which do not comply with food safety and hygiene requirements. [2]
[105] The government's austerity programme, which involves reduction in government policy, has been linked to a rise in food banks. A study published in the British Medical Journal in 2015 found that each one percentage point increase in the rate of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants sanctioned was associated with a 0.09 percentage point rise in ...
Humanitarian Voucher Assistance. describes assistance provided in the form of a paper voucher or e-voucher that can be exchanged for a set value, quantity and/or type of goods or services, denominated either as a currency value (e.g., $15), a predetermined range of commodities (e.g., fruits and vegetables) or specific services (e.g., a medical ...