Results 4,201-4,220 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Sheep Sector. (30 Oct 2008)

Trevor Sargent: ——the industry, the Department and agencies such as Bord Bia. We are working through the recommendations contained in that report and this is where progress will be made.

Beef Industry. (30 Oct 2008)

Trevor Sargent: The Deputy asks if our attention has been drawn to the report by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office recording ongoing failures by Brazil to meet EU standards. I am aware of the report to which the Deputy refers. The Commission's Food and Veterinary Office recently published its final report of a follow-up mission carried out between 25 February and 13 March 2008 to evaluate...

Beef Industry. (30 Oct 2008)

Trevor Sargent: It is important to provide as much information as possible to Deputies and, in that context, it is interesting to note the up to date figures for EU beef imports. Brazilian beef imports to the EU have gone down considerably and much of the imports that are now coming from that country are of cooked meat, which was not affected by the Commission's decision. Last year, 5,123 tonnes of beef...

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: I thought I was due to speak next.

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: Ba bhreá liom, más féidir liom.

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: Tá áthas orm sin a chloisint. Sin dea-scéala. Before speaking on the motion, my colleague, an tAire Talmhaíochta, Iascaigh agus Bia, an Teachta Brendan Smith, has asked me to extend his personal apologises for not being in a position to participate in this debate. As Members will know, the Minister, Deputy Smith, is in the United States, fulfilling a long-standing commitment with...

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: I hear what the Senators are saying, but I am saying something else and I hope they will listen to me. As the Minister, Deputy Smith, made clear on a number of occasions, the strategy we employed was to protect those measures which will ensure the future development of a productive and competitive agriculture, fisheries and food sector. Therefore, in making his decisions for 2009, the...

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: Thanks.

Seanad: Agriculture Sector: Statements (18 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: Ar dtús báire, tá mé ag fanacht le haghaidh nótaí os rud é nach raibh mé anseo i rith na díospóireachta ar fad. Tá brón orm faoi sin. Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh mar atá mé. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas, agus buíochas an Aire, an Teachta Smith, a thosaigh an díospóireacht, leis na Seanadóirí a labhair i rith na díospóireachta. I thank the House for granting time to discuss the...

Seanad: Agriculture Sector: Statements (18 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: I note Senator Bradford raised that issue earlier. As I mentioned last week, the introduction of the young farmers' installation scheme in June 2007 under the Rural Development Programme provided a grant level of €15,000, an increase of 58% compared to the preceding scheme, to farmers between the ages of 18 and 35. When all of the requirements under the scheme were satisfied, 941...

Fisheries Protection (19 Nov 2008)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an dTeachta Joe McHugh as an cheist thábhachtach seo a ardú. This matter refers to a recent proposal by the European Commission which calls for the establishment of a moratorium on fishing certain whitefish species in the area off the north west coast — technically called Area 6A which covers the areas from the south Donegal coast north to...

Agriculture: Motion (2 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: They are entitled to protest.

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: The very poor state of many whitefish stocks targeted by the Irish fishing fleet is clearly reflected in the decreases in annual total allowable catch, TAC, and quota allocations that Ireland receives, and in the landings of the fishing fleet over the past decade. The levels of TAC and, ultimately, the quotas for Ireland are determined each year at the December Fisheries Council following...

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: ——from 456,000 tonnes in 2008 to 605,000 tonnes in 2009. This will result in the net Irish quota, after deductions for the payback for undeclared Scottish landings, going from approximately 45,000 tonnes to 62,000 tonnes. However, this TAC increase remains to be formally agreed and must be protected against any proposal that a part would be transferred to Norway in the EU negotiations...

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: That will not be necessary.

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: I shall do my best. I wanted to respond to Deputy Sheahan as the Department and the Minister of State, Deputy Tony Killeen, have been in constant contact with the Federation of Irish Fishermen as regards working on a joint proposal to the Commission, because we are, as the Deputy said, concerned. I gave a fuller answer in this regard in an Adjournment debate, but we are conscious of the...

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: ——seems to be driving much of the panic, I would say, within the Commission to carry out measures that will not be helpful, as the Deputy rightly said. We have a job to do and I hope that, between the federation and Members on all sides of the House, we can go, united, to the Commission.

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: The mackerel quota is up.

Fisheries Protection. (3 Dec 2008)

Trevor Sargent: I do not believe the Acting Chairman would allow me to go into that in some detail. However——