Results 13,181-13,200 of 20,156 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: There is clearly a huge cost to that. Does the industry make any contribution to that cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: What percentage of the cost is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: Is it between 40% and 50%? We are not talking about 10% or 20%.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: It is just under 50%
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: To follow on a little further with the meat industry, farmers have complained a lot and the Department makes a big effort in trying to police or manage all this, while developing the sector. It is a very important part of the food sector and industry. We do not have a meat or food regulator. Is it the Department's position that we should have a meat regulator? As Secretary General, does...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I know it is but there is a cost in not having such a regulator.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I have some questions about forestry and bioenergy. We had a willow scheme a number of years ago but it did not prove too successful and there were problems with it, as I understand it. We have a major need for biomass and we have had to import it. Edenderry power station is located in my constituency, in north County Offaly. If I drive across that countryside, I can see thousands of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: There is a scheme up and running, so farmers could get involved now.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I would appreciate Mr. Gleeson sending a briefing note on that. There is a requirement for this and people are asking about it. It just seems a perfect fit at this time, as Mr. Gleeson understands. We will now return for a second round with some members who have indicated. Deputy Carthy is first.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: There is just under a minute left in this slot.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: Time up, Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: Thank you, Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy has one minute.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy has just under a minute left.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy's time is up.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: Briefly, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: We will ask Mr. Forde to come back with an answer in writing. Deputy Catherine Murphy has four minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy has one minute left.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Colm Burke who has four minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Apr 2021) Brian Stanley: On CCTV cameras at racetracks, we have dealt with this in the past and some of it was outlined here again today. Part of the €9 million allocated was to be used for cameras. The Comptroller and Auditor General said it would come to €1 million. We know from Horse Racing Ireland and other inquiries that up to 26 racecourses need the cameras. They have been erected in one and...