Results 1,721-1,740 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Building Control Bill. This is an issue we all deal with on a daily basis. The area is a mess and cowboy builders give a bad name to everybody involved in the business. We regularly have to deal with situations where developers commence estates but never finish the job. The enforcement sections of the local authorities of which I have experience are...
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal entitlements to the â¬145 million sugar restructuring fund; the procedure for the relinquishing of sugar quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6242/06]
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I congratulate the new Minister of State, Deputy Mary Wallace, and wish her the best of luck in her new position. I look forward to working with her. I now have two women to handle so it will be twice as difficult.
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Deputy Upton will be on my side in that case. The spokesperson for the Minister was quoted in The Irish Times last week as saying that specific percentages were left out of the â¬145 million for each of the stakeholders, including workers and Greencore. Can the Minister clarify that? Greencore is quoted last week as stating it has a clear legal entitlement to compensation under the â¬145...
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Is the Minister saying farmers who bought quota will be considered a special category?
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Commissioner is quoted on a number of occasions as saying the Commission will buy back quota. Can the Minister clarify that? If it is buying back quota the question of ownership arises. Has she clarified Greencore's entitlement to compensation? Will the levy the Minister mentioned have to be paid in the current year, should sugar production continue in 2006?
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: How much is Greencore looking for?
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: It is more than â¬106 million?
- Beef Exports. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: He should learn to speak more quickly.
- Beef Exports. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I may change my middle name by deed poll.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: They are looking at six months in jail, never mind the single farm payment.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Minister might as well be political. She is like a broken record and has been apolitical every time she has stood up.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the EU Commission and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5640/06]
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Has the European Commission's consideration of the derogation been suspended and, if so, on what grounds? Is the Commission satisfied with the scientific evidence Ireland has provided, given that the evidence we provided during discussion of the nitrates directive was, it seems, wholly inadequate? As the Minister will be aware, Teagasc has indicated it is prepared to review nitrogen levels....
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I am completely lost, having heard so many twists and turns on this issue from the Minister and her colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Has either Minister asked Teagasc to examine the nitrogen tables?
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Has Teagasc done work on the nitrogen tables?
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Will both Departments consider amending the nitrogen tables based on the evidence provided to them by Teagasc?
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: In other words, the Department has not asked for evidence but if it receives such evidence, it will present it to the Commission. Have discussions on the derogation been suspended?
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Is the Minister confident of success in securing a derogation in June?
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Is it not the case that failure to agree a derogation in June would have serious repercussions?