Results 121-140 of 231 for speaker:John Carty
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2009)
John Carty: I offer my sympathy to the McCallion family, who I know quite well, including Nancy and Bob. The father, Bob, was a garda in my village of Knock when I was a young man. It is a very fine family and Nancy has many relatives in our parish. This was a tremendous tragedy and a death that should not have taken place. It happened because of nothing short of thuggery. I know the family is going...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)
John Carty: On a point of order, I do not think Senator Regan is entitled to say Eoin Ryan, MEP, issued a statement. He has mentioned his name twice.
- Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2009)
John Carty: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Billy Kelleher. He has been here a number of times already and it is my pleasure to welcome him again today. I also welcome the Bill, which contains a number of sensible provisions that will clear up grey areas in the law on loans to company directors and some other areas of company law. The Opposition parties welcome the Bill because they recognise...
- Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2009)
John Carty: In the light of the recent controversy at Anglo Irish Bank, much more transparency is needed in loans that companies make to their directors and associates. Section 2 of the Bill places the onus on the company director to declare any interest he or she has in actual or proposed contracts with their company. This information is to be held in a book of declarations which the Director of...
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We are not hiding behind anybody.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: Senator Buttimer is the master at it. We have a lot to learn from him.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We are not embarrassed by our record on agriculture.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: Our Government gave more grants to the farming community than any party ever-----
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We have not.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We gave more grants to the Irish farming community than any Government party in the history of the State.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We are not embarrassed.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We are very proud of our record on what we did with Irish agriculture over the past decade.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: Senator Buttimer did much heckling.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: We do not condone it.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: He is doing everything possible to help .
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: He is.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: Why does Senator Buttimer not mention the co-operatives?
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and compliment him on the wonderful work he is doing in the Department in driving and promoting the organic food sector. I realise the matter is very close to his heart and he is promoting it well. I refer to several aspects of the debate, some of which have already been mentioned by my colleagues. Senator Ned O'Sullivan and the Minister of...
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: That is welcome. It would be no harm to have some practical know-how on it also.
- Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)
John Carty: The value of the organic food industry to the economy was â¬104 million last year. This is a significant increase from 2003 when it was valued at â¬34 million. The faster we can grow this important industry, the better. One hundred years ago, the population of the world was approximately 1.7 billion, but now it is almost four times that and we can expect a world shortage of food in the...