Results 1,521-1,540 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Amendment No. 8 is in the name of Senator Barrett.

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator should confine his remarks to the new section.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (3 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome Mr. Comer and his colleagues from the ICMSA. Many of the points I intended to raise have been made by colleagues. I am sitting here today as both a farmer and a politician, two professions in which one must be an optimist to survive. The farmer must hope the weather helps out and that he or she is able to make a profit at the end of the year. A politician must be hopeful of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (3 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I do not agree with Mr. Comer's statement that the processors are farmer controlled. They are not co-operatives. Glanbia, for example, is a public limited company.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (12 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. It relates to TAMS II and my inquiry is about the rates of inspections in that scheme. It is all about the timescale and getting work done before the winter and the spring time work. The TAMS II scheme was launched by the Government during the summer. It is a €170 million investment, which is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (12 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I note his point that it is not the inspections but all of the forms that must be examined which are causing the delays. I know that he will work as closely as possible with departmental officials to ensure this is done in the short term. With the winter setting in, dairy farmers are looking to get new dairies and other buildings...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: We do not own Bank of Ireland.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 33, 51, 52, 65, 82, 84, 85 and 88 to 91, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 93, 94 and 96 are related. Amendments Nos. 43 and 96 are logical alternatives to amendment No. 90. Amendments Nos. 33, 43, 51, 52, 65, 82, 84, 85, 88 to 91, inclusive, 93, 94 and 96 may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Amendment Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, and amendment No. 59 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 58, 60, 62, 63, 66 to 70, inclusive, 72 to 78, inclusive, 80, 81, 92, 105 and 106 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 61, 71 and 79 are technical drafting amendments and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank Mr. Cromie and Mr. Coughlan for coming before the committee. I found our previous meeting with them very informative. I will go over some of the issues raised by Deputy Fitzmaurice. I am participating in the scheme, and last year I bought 16 heifers as replacements before the scheme was introduced. They happened to be Black Angus, which is an Angus and Hereford cross, and when I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: So I was lucky.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: My question related to the follow-on when that animal is crossed with a continental animal, such as a Limousin or a Charolais. If a bull that has five stars on both traits - maternal and paternal - is crossed with a five-star heifer or cow, what is the progeny going to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I know, but I am trying to tease this out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Which trait is the most important one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I also asked about exported animals.