Results 2,761-2,780 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Coillte Business Strategy. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: Will they deal with the premiums paid to Coillte as well?
- Carcase Classification Systems. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of discrepancy and wrongful clarification of carcases identified during the 415 control visits to meat plans in 2009 to monitor the accuracy and performance of cattle grading machines, involving 41,000 carcases; if this information is available for each of the past three years; the steps being taken to improve the...
- Carcase Classification Systems. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: For the purposes of clarification, I am not advocating we revert to the human classification system. I am in favour of the mechanical classification system. The Minister will be aware of two issues, namely, recent media reports regarding the level of discrepancy in the mechanical classification system and the extraordinary angst among farmers in regard to the introduction of the new quality...
- Carcase Classification Systems. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: I monitor the Minister's statements and I did not see any reference to it. It would have been useful if a clarification had been issued on the matter. As I recall, the report suggested up to 10% or 20% were wrongly classified.
- Carcase Classification Systems. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: That amounts to hundreds of thousands of carcases and it could have raised the spectre of pluses or minuses for the individuals and payments on individual carcases. However, I welcome the Minister's clarification on the matter in the context of the new quality payment system, which is having a difficult bedding-in time, but which I support in principle. It should have operated side-by-side...
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the strategic objectives he will achieve through the delivery of his recently announced sheep scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17247/10]
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: The Minister's credibility with the sheep farming community is at an all-time low. Even the â¬7 million promised for upland farmers has not been paid in full to date, never mind the â¬27 million promised in May 2007, which was a figment of Fianna Fáil's imagination in the lead-up to the election. We are where we are in terms of the national economy and its finances because the stock...
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: The Minister is simply throwing money at it. There is no objective.
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: I am pleased the Minister reads my press releases.
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: What about the â¬27 million?
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: What about the â¬27 million promised in May 2007?
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: What has the Minister done about it?
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: The fact that the farm organisations welcome it does not of itself make it correct or right. It does not mean that when one is spending public or taxpayers' money one simply throws it at a problem without any strategic objective underpinning it. Notwithstanding the fact that the IFA and others have welcomed it, I stand by my criticism that throwing â¬18 million at the sheep sector is not...
- Grant Payments. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: The Minister should have realised that during the past two years while they were losing their shirt.
- Common Agricultural Policy. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of his most recent discussions on the issue of ongoing review of the Common Agriculture Policy post 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16889/10]
- Common Agricultural Policy. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: I wish the Minister well in his negotiations. I believe 2010 will be a critical year. I suggest that the Commission's final document will differ little from the policy outline it will publish later this year. Does the Minister agree that the first critical phase of the negotiations on the post-2013 Common Agricultural Policy will involve securing an adequate EU-wide budget for the policy?...
- Common Agricultural Policy. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: Two other issues that relate to the Common Agricultural Policy are beginning to move centre stage. I refer to the issues of energy security and climate change. Is the Minister exploring the possibility that additional funding for Irish agriculture could be secured, if not through the CAP process itself, through related initiatives? Is that an option? In the context of the political...
- River Basin Management Plans. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: Where stands the issue of the lead authority or the single agency in respect of inspecting compliance with the nitrates directive? It is 12 or 18 months since the Minister, Deputy Smith, announced he had an agreement with the Minister, Deputy Gormley, on this issue, namely, that there would be a single agency and that we would rule out duplication? The nitrates directive was adopted only...
- Harbours and Piers. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: With Deputy Healy-Rae.
- Cereal Sector. (29 Apr 2010)
Michael Creed: I thank the Minister for his reply, which was somewhat reassuring. Tillage farmers have had a difficult few years and recent media reports about the levels of imports of malting barley have given rise to concern. Will the Minister remain vigilant on this issue in order that this industry can be retained at its current level?