Results 921-940 of 4,507 for speaker:Pat Deering
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 987. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait a year for an ultrasound in Tallaght Hospital. [12890/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 1052. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 1053. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13304/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 1054. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Carlow; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 1055. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13306/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 1056. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for delay as it is an urgent case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13307/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: 1069. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13405/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: I go back to the figures mentioned by Deputy Barry. Roughly speaking, how many sheep farmers will approach the average and how many will be below it? What I am trying to find out is how many will gain substantially from the convergence process and how many will not gain. I am looking for rough figures. It is a numbers game. We are talking about €18 million annually. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: The question of where it comes from is a big issue. That is really it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: In respect of topping up the basic payment as it will be in the future, are we not talking about a top-up payment for sheep farmers? It might not be a good choice of words but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: It must be taken from somewhere else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: I just wanted the background.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: The IFA is only seeking €4 million, then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: I thank the delegation for giving us a great deal of information about the background. I would like to move matters to where we are today. Numerous farmers have sheds full of cattle which have gone past the age and which cannot be got rid of. That is the big issue. What advice can those farmers be given? I understand that the mystery answer cannot be provided but these people are under...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: Not necessarily, no.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: I agree that the amount of bull beef being killed seems to have increased in recent weeks. However, I understand there has been a massive reduction in the number of steers and heifers killed in the same period. There seems to be something wrong there too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: Is there a market in Libya for cattle under 30 months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: One could say there is a market for them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: I know this is possibly the same question as that asked by Deputy McNamara. What can the Government, the Minister, this committee or possibly Bord Bia do to get into that market?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)
Pat Deering: Are they cattle under 30 months?