Results 681-700 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for cross-compliance under the single farm payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17441/05]
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Will there be two separate sets of inspections? Will the total number amount to 5% or 6%? Will farmers know in advance under which category the inspection is being carried out or, depending on what the officials find on the farm, will they be slotted into either the cross-compliance category or the animal identification and registration category? In her response last month, the Minister...
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: That makes a change.
- Grocery Industry. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assessment carried out by her Department on the impact of the removal of the ban on below cost selling on the viability of family farms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17446/05]
- Grocery Industry. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: The Minister is saying that her Department has not carried out an assessment. Does the Minister not believe her Department should have carried out an assessment that could have formed part of the consideration of the group prior to publication of the report? Does the Minister not feel this has major implications for agriculture? Many farmers talk about the large discrepancies between...
- Grocery Industry. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: I accept the point the Minister made earlier on fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. However, is it not the case that more of our produce is going into processed food and novel foods, which the Minister is promoting, and the demand for convenience foods is growing? Many of these areas are included in the scope of the groceries order. Given that many of the farmers' margins on carcases are based...
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her response. Perhaps I might focus on the fact that the Minister claims to have raised this issue several times with the Commissioner. Why did she know nothing about it when the Commissioner was interviewed here? If the Minister had raised the matter on not only one but several occasions, surely, when the Commissioner arrived in Ireland, she would have been up to...
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: The Minister met the Commissioner on three occasions. What did she say about the case the Minister put forward? Did she agree, disagree or did she express any opinion? By the time the Minister spoke to her on the third occasion, she surely must have checked out the situation.
- Legal Settlement. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for his response. How did the Department get it wrong? The Department defended this case but subsequently settled it out of court. Why did it proceed with the case if it got additional legal information from the State counsel? Did the sands shift during the case? What are the legal costs involved in proceeding as far as we did before a settlement was agreed? Why...
- Legal Settlement. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Is it not the case that the Department felt that it was on a strong footing when the initial challenge was taken? The Department was going to contest this vigorously right to the bitter end. On 6 December 2004, a settlement was suddenly reached. How did that come about? Why did the Department change its tack? The public needs to know the answer to that question, even if the Minister is not...
- Legal Settlement. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: I know the Minister cannot disclose the details of legal advice and I am not looking for that. Can he clarify if the original opinion of the State counsel changed prior to the settlement?
- Legal Settlement. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Did that happen during the case?
- Legal Settlement. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: The opinion changed, therefore, during the case.
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her second reply on this issue. Will farmers be informed in advance of the category under which they will be inspected? Will they be inspected in regard to identification or under the single farm payment or will the category be decided by the inspectors when they arrive on site? We have been told that the majority of inspections in regard to cross-compliance, most of...
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Will farmers know in advance the category under which they will be inspected?
- Grant Payments. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Will farmers be aware whether the inspections of their farms come under the category of cross-compliance or identification?
- Food Safety Standards. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: What happens in reality if premises or countries do not come up to standards? In this context, will the Minister of State explain what has happened since last October in regard to Brazilian beef coming into the EU? Brazil abandoned its tagging and traceability scheme at that time. Does this mean Brazilian beef is no longer being imported into the EU? I have two difficult questions for the...
- Food Safety Standards. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: That is not happening in practice.
- Food Safety Standards. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: Is consideration given at EU or WTO level to set the limits based on the number of carcases rather than tonnage imported? It appears that premium cuts rather than carcases are imported.
- Research Funding. (25 May 2005)
Denis Naughten: On the rights issue raised by Deputy Upton, has the Minister investigated the strategies of the other big players in the United States and Japan? China's research and development budgets have gone through the roof, with significant implications. We are lagging behind not only the US and Japan but dramatically so in the case of China. Greater investment should be made at EU level. We need to...