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Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: ——that the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, launched Brussels largest ever deregulation campaign because he believes the regulations being introduced are crazy. We must ensure these regulations are workable and are not brought in to raise the costs of farming. Where does the former Minister of State, Deputy Ned O'Keeffe, stand on this issue?

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: What does the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, make of this?

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: A Cheann Comhairle, have I any rights in the House?

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister for Agriculture and Food does not recognise those rights.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: I am trying to but the Minister keeps interrupting me.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Deputy Parlon is a former president of the IFA and has made great speeches for the Irish Farmers' Journal about how he will deal with this.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: What will he do tonight? The Minister for Agriculture and Food asked in her speech how the Opposition came up with a cost to farmers of €80 million. It is simple. The farming organisations put those figures to all of us based on the reality of what has happened in other countries.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: The Minister is working out the exemptions for the regulations.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Deputy Brendan Smith's misrepresentation on behalf of County Cavan is fairly good as it is. He should not be giving us any of this talk.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: There is a black market——

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: Who will——

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: It is as clear as frost in the night that those Ministers have allowed——

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: It is obvious they do not listen to facts.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: They have given out plenty of it.

Draft Animal Remedies Regulations 2005: Motion (Resumed). (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: What about Deputy Ned O'Keeffe and Deputy Parlon?

Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: As one of the signatories to it, I support this amendment. I cannot help admiring the way it is put forward in the Bill, "Set off of payments". That is lovely language, but in reality it is attachment to earnings. This is an extremely serious matter. Already, I have had to deal with a few of them which have been dealt with in other areas such as REPS. When somebody becomes ill or whatever,...

Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: ——but the new manager announced he had read the plan, was happy with it and would implement it to the letter of the law. As has already been said, I appreciate the understanding of the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. He may tell us he is sympathetic but unless this is included in legislation to take account of our real anxieties, examples of which I have seen in operation, it is totally...

Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: The banks would have to go to court if they wanted to do this. The Minister of State is introducing legislation here that can remove from a farm family every penny it is due under EU and Government regulations. I plead with him to consider how he would feel about this if his family was affected. It is in that light that we should consider this matter.

Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: It did so last week.

Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (19 Oct 2005)

Seymour Crawford: There has been a good relationship, in general. I am familiar with cases which have been sent to outside collectors in the past. The collectors received a certain percentage of the moneys before they were sent to the Land Commission. There is a danger that people who are in real hardship could be the victims of this change. If the needs of such people were considered, not only in the written...