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Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Shameful.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to comment on the budget. Lest the public consider our contributions unjustified criticism from a party that has not nailed its colours to the mast, Fine Gael has published its alternative policy approach to the difficult financial time the country faces. We have identified, for example, that there is a price worth paying in respect of the security that civil and...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: That will be after the local elections.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Empty vessels make the most noise.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: It was the Tánaiste's Government who introduced in the scheme.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: They are tutorials.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: considering: the extensive response the farm waste management scheme has generated, with over 42,200 farmers approved to proceed with work under the scheme; the added value the scheme is bringing to the economy by generating additional employment for the construction industry at a time of economic uncertainty; and the importance of the environmental benefits...

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: In the history of grant aid schemes introduced by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the farm waste management scheme is probably one of the best and most innovative. The response by farmers provides evidence of that fact. The level of grant aid is 60%, while in some Border counties it is up to 70%. The top up available under the grant scheme is specifically focused on...

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Commissioner Fischer Boel also acceded to the Minister's request to bring forward single farm payments. There is an open door because it does not make any difference to the Commission. They approved the terms and conditions of the scheme in March 2006 and they approved the financial package that goes with it. It is of no material difference to the Commission whether those farmers complete...

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Deputy Brady was supporting us in the agriculture committee. He says one thing in the committee and a different thing here.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: That is all the more reason to extend the deadline.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: That is only because of the Supplementary Estimate.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Deputy Sheahan was referring to the Minister.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Absolutely. They have not been made either.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: The Minister is the weakest link.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: Those kinds of smear tactics will not get the Minister anywhere.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: On a point of order, Deputy Sheahan made no allegation——

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: ——against any official in the Department and the Minister should withdraw his accusation that he did. The record will show he made no accusation.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: He made a political charge against the Minister.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Michael Creed: The record of the House will show that.