Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister referred to the Animal Health and Welfare Bill but did not have the good grace to admit significant work was being done on that legislation before he entered the Department.

While I welcome the payment of the single farm payment today, I received telephone calls from farmers earlier asking why they had not yet received their disadvantaged areas scheme payments. The reason for the delay is the change in the rules introduced by the Minister and the time taken to deal with the derogations.

We heard a great deal about Greencore today. I thought when we decided to sell part of that company that the golden share would be used in the manner that had been indicated to us. I am the first to admit that the big mistake-----

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