Results 3,241-3,260 of 4,363 for speaker:Arthur Morgan

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reducing excise duty on alcohol for a two-month period starting 15 November 2009. [38874/09]

Written Answers — Food Safety Regulations: Food Safety Regulations (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 401: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the sell by date regulations currently in place for agri-food products; the sell by date regulations that are in place in relation to imported agri food products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38688/09]

Written Answers — Food Safety Authority: Food Safety Authority (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make available a copy of the document NAT/398 of the European Economic and Social Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment entitled Opinion of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the...

Written Answers — Food Safety Authority: Food Safety Authority (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the results of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland consumer survey to be available; if she will circulate the results of the survey to Members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38684/09]

Written Answers — Food Safety Authority: Food Safety Authority (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make available the proposals of the European Commission published in January, 2008 on updating and harmonising food labelling legislation; if any subsequent correspondence, other than Ireland's position paper, has passed between the Commission, Ireland and other member states in relation to the Commission's proposals; if...

Written Answers — Food Safety Authority: Food Safety Authority (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a briefing on the meeting of the 26 October 2009 attended by her Department officials and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland at European level working group level on the European Commission food labelling proposals. [38686/09]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 908: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was found to be unsuitable for enlistment in the Permanent Defence Force on 30 October 2001; the further reason they failed security clearance; if any of these reasons referred to non-immediate family members; if he will review the way this decision was reached; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Agri-Food Sector: Agri-Food Sector (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the definition of the agri-food industry here used by him; the output groupings within the agri-food industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38009/09]

Written Answers — Agri-Food Sector: Agri-Food Sector (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of output groupings in the agri-food industry in relation to primary processing, secondary processing and food ingredients; the gross output of the industry in these terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/09]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1012: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the recommendations of the food labelling group established by him; how the recommendations of the food labelling group furnish evidence of public interest in origin labelling; if he will make these recommendations available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38011/09]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the land area involved in organic production here in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; the land area involved in organic production in the EU in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/09]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1014: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of producers involved in organic production in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; the number of producers in the EU in 2009 and for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38013/09]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the tariff nomenclature can be amended at international level to distinguish agri-food products subject to substantial transformation; if the tariff nomenclature can be amended at EU level to distinguish agri-food products subject to substantial transformation; how agri-food products subject to substantial...

Written Answers — Horticulture Sector: Horticulture Sector (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of commercial producers of edible horticultural products here to date in 2009; the number of commercial producers of edible horticultural products here in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38687/09]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason imported agri-food products are able to use the same sell by dates as domestic producers despite the differences in dates of production; the way containment methods used in importing facilitate the imported agri food products in using the same sell by dates as products produced domestically; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce air miles labelling for all imported agri-food products. [38690/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 16, to delete lines 20 and 21 and substitute the following: "1.—(1) This Act may be cited as An Bille fán nGníomhaireacht Náisiúta um Bainistíocht Sócmhainní 2009.".

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: We all know that the purpose of this Bill is, in the Government's view, to fix the banking system and to get it back to some kind of an even keel. We all understand the need for a functioning banking system. I would submit that the best way of doing so would be to create a State bank. The problem with the Government's policy on the whole banking issue is that it is ignoring the broader...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I support the sentiment behind both amendments. On Committee Stage, I stated that I would prefer us to take the route of expanding the role of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service which could then, in the interests of greater efficiency, establish a sub-committee to deal with this matter. However, it would be necessary to increase the membership of the joint committee in...

Hospitals Building Programme. (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date in 2009 of the co-location programme; the number of public hospital beds that have been freed up as a result of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39274/09]