Results 661-680 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: That is not what I said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: If the Sinn Féin alternative worked.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Will the Acting Leader ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to inform the House if he has any more concerns about the horsemeat scandal from earlier this year? I raise this because today's edition of The Guardian newspaper reported further allegations and information relating to this scandal. It stated how meat used in the process was so old it was sometimes green while the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I thank both witnesses for the presentation. Mr. Cunningham said that Strathroy products can be found throughout Ireland. Does Strathroy also supply own-brand products? Obviously in such circumstances consumers would not see the Strathroy label. Is that the reason Mr. Cunningham is saying we cannot see the Strathroy label? The National Dairy Council is financed by private industry. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I can appreciate NDC's opening position. The negotiation position in any negotiations is usually: "No, we are not doing that." Clearly, there is scope for further conversation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is that not where the battle needs to be had rather than with the committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is the purpose of this campaign, in effect, is to allow the NDC to take from Strathroy Dairy Limited the only remaining thing it could take from it? As Strathroy Dairy Limited is the main competitor in the South, the campaign is targeted at it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, but Strathroy Diary Limited, by the witnesses' admission, is the largest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Therefore, it is the biggest target.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: The purpose of the NDC campaign is, in effect, to ensure Strathroy Diary Limited cannot utilise the trademark and everybody in the Republic can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Will the NDC not allow Strathroy Diary Limited to become a member?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I suppose I was pointing out that they had not done that for any other-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Can the delegates put a price on the financial loss arising to their business as a result of the NDC campaign? Given that the council is funded by industry, what do they envisage the committee doing for them, apart from grilling them to pieces?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I asked if there is a price tag on the loss of business to the witnesses, if there has been such a loss.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: So it has cost the witnesses millions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is the figure €4 million or €24 million? I am not being smart, it is just that I do not know the figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: On the face of it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: My second question was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I have never known anything to give a margin.