Results 1,641-1,660 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I hope the Minster of State, Deputy Browne, was as proud as the Deputy.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Deputy should not return to Galway to say that. He will be lynched. The farmers there will wait from him in the long grass.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Minister is embarrassed.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Deputy should read the motion.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Who will Fianna Fáil go into Government with? Will it be Sinn Féin?
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Fianna Fáil members should make up their minds.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Not many of them are present.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Is that why the IFA walked out of the partnership talks?
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I hope it is quicker than the waste management grants.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to wind up the debate.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I listened intently to the speeches by Government backbenchers who spoke about REPS, the single farm payment, forestry, the special beef premium overshoot, beef and sheep exports, the budget, the Finance Bill and CAP reform. None of them, however, addressed the issues in the motion.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: They are afraid that if they try to defend the Minister on the issues highlighted in the motion they will be lynched, literally, when they return to their constituencies at the weekend. There is a lack of direction in the Department of Agriculture and Food and in the Government with regard to agricultural issues. Agriculture is unlike the Government's other pet sectors, including...
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: One third of the total consumption of beef is now being imported from Brazil. That is a massive amount of beef from Brazil where foot and mouth disease is rampant and they do not have a tagging and traceability system.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, said we have to have the issue of regionalisation in Brazil because we used it here when we had foot and mouth. The difference between Ireland and Brazil on foot and mouth is that if one animal left County Louth and went into County Monaghan the CMMS system would pick it up straight away. There is no CMMS system in Brazil, nor is there a tagging or...
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: She cannot provide answers to either of the two questions raised in the motion in this regard. The Minister sat down at the negotiations and signed up to the deal but we have had no clarity on the restructuring levy or compensation. We do not know whether a cap will be put on the compensation available to farmers or contractors. The Minister does not know what she signed off on.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: She is not prepared to develop alternative uses for the beet industry.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Minister of State talked about 160,000 litres of biofuel but how long would the Government mercs run on that? They would not get as far as the gate. It is impractical and it cannot be implemented. As regards the nitrates directive, the Minister spoke yesterday about the farm waste management scheme and said there was â¬43 million available for that.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Not one cent of it can be drawn down at the moment because the specifications and guidelines are not there. We still do not have approval from the European Commission. Yesterday, the Minister said: "I expect that the remaining issues will be resolved shortly and that a revised scheme will be introduced at an early date." It sounded very familiar.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Funnily enough, that is exactly what the Minister said last year.
- Future of Irish Farming: Motion (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Minister lied. She has been duping Irish farmers in this regard. There is no doubt that the core principle of an approach to the implementation of the nitrates directive based on scientific evidence was shelved in favour of political expediency. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government used that avenue and the Minister for Agriculture and Food sat back and let him...