Results 21,001-21,020 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the procedures employed by Teagasc's estate agency to move cattle off its research facility in Ballinamore, County Leitrim; the urgent need for the Minister for Agriculture and Food to clarify the steps taken by the agency, including compliance with her Department's movement regulations, and the...

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to secure a derogation for Irish farmers from the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14246/05]

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: With regard to the proposals submitted to Brussels, the nitrates directive is to be implemented as and from 1 January next. Is the Minister confident a derogation will be in place by 1 January? What will be the implications if a derogation is not in place by that date? Is she aware it could take 12 months to introduce a derogation given the procedures involved? What steps have she and her...

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Farmers will carry the can.

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: The derogation will involve a complex nutrient management system for those farmers who will have to put it in place. Would it not have been easier to seek a derogation had we started to implement the nitrates action plan already? What are the implications of the 1 January implementation date if we do not have a derogation in place from 1 January 2006?

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: I was telling him to keep quiet.

Land Prices. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister circulate her initial response to the National Roads Authority because what that authority offers people for land purchased by CPO is a gross insult to them? With regard to the issue of leasing, has the Minister had any discussions with her colleague, the Minister for Finance, regarding tax relief on intra-family leases? There is no exemption on these although the majority...

Land Prices. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: There is no financial incentive for leasing.

Land Prices. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: There would be plenty of land available for that price in County Roscommon.

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: She met a number of representatives in Donegal recently.

Alternative Farm Enterprises. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Has the Minister of State considered the implications of the early retirement scheme? Farmers on the early retirement scheme cannot apply to get the enhanced grant available to someone who has been farming full time. Will the Minister of State comment on that? The Minister of State is aware of a particular situation regarding grant aid in my constituency. Are there plans to review the...

Alternative Farm Enterprises. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Is the Minister of State confident that it will be changed?

Alternative Farm Enterprises. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: The Minister of State has proved to be a great political fighter in Wexford.

Farm Household Incomes. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: I will give the Minister another statistic to consider as she has doled out many of them in the past few minutes. Since her Government took office in 1997, 70 farmers a week have left agriculture. In the context of the single farm payment post-decoupling and the proposals on the nitrates directive, farmers with less than 20 livestock units will be in severe difficulty, as will the large...

Farm Household Incomes. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Answer the question, Minister.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 26 January 2005, if she will report on progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13896/05]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will approve funding for an application under the sports capital programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13752/05]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of a sports capital application by a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; when he will make a decision on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13753/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will approve a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13902/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Question No. 248 of 20 April 2005, the certain conditions which must be satisfied; the way in which such a grant can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13897/05]