Results 25,261-25,280 of 26,825 for speaker:John McGuinness
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: ââtogether with the officials from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and my own Department. I was not charmed by him. I put very strong opinions
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: No. I did not say that.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Deputy Creed is obviously not able to read either because that is not what I stated on the record of the Houseââ
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: ââand Deputy Creed should go back and read it. I will tell Deputy Creed what I stated. I said Mr. Mandelson was a charming man, and so he is, but that does not take from the fact that I would defend Ireland's position and the business that is being conducted on behalf of Ireland within the context of this world trade deal. There is not one of the Fine Gael spokespersons on business here...
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Fine Gael prefers to put out dedicated propaganda to lead people down the wrong way and to give them misinformation.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: The fact of the matter is this, that the deal currently on the table back to the last texts which were issued â this is my position and this is what I have explained to Trade Ministers right across the European Union and to a number of French Ministers â is not a deal for the 21st century. It is not a deal that allows services to be properly and appropriately traded from this country....
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: No. That is what is being debated. That is not the outcome. The mistake Deputy Creed is making is that he is taking the current position as being the outcome. He is wrongly trying to inform and to drum upââ
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: ââthe type of analysis that he put before this House this morning which is damaging to both business and agriculture.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: What Deputy Creed should do is join in the effort that is being made to protect Ireland, to open the appropriate marketsââ
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: ââand to ensure that Irish agriculture is protected. At the meeting of Ministers in Brussels I again insisted that we would be going down the road on which the beef industry went and I acknowledge the damage done in that regard. I acknowledged the difficulties in pig and sheep meat and the fact that we are now in a position where our beef industry is being called into question and that...
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: We are now reaching the critical phase and, suddenly, Fine Gael wakes up.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Where was that party for the past seven years?
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Where was it when all of the 133 committee meetings were going onââ
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: ââand the interests of agriculture and business were being debated?
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Fine Gael was in Opposition, asleep.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: It was in Opposition in a coma for the past ten years and still has not come out of it.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Deputy Creed still does not understand what is being done out there. I would appeal to him, again, to understand what is being put before him todayââ
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: ââand to join us, with the IFA and Irish business, in defending the Irish position rather than talking it down.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appeal for a full medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved in view of the medical circumstances of the applicant. [13694/08]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Apr 2008)
John McGuinness: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved in view of the circumstances of the case. [13695/08]