Results 2,681-2,700 of 3,053 for speaker:Mary Upton

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [23606/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the investigations she has requested on a case (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23654/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if veterinary officers from her Department were informed of the intentions of a person (details supplied) to carry out a mass slaughter of pigs on their farm in July 2002; if so, the response given by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23657/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assistance which was offered by her Department to a person (details supplied) in their efforts to humanely slaughter a large number of pigs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23658/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department appointed veterinary officers to oversee the mass slaughter of pigs at the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [23659/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the special circumstances that made it acceptable that 4,000 pigs be slaughtered on a farm (details supplied) in County Waterford over a six day period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23660/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if appointed veterinary officers of her Department oversaw the mass slaughter of pigs at a farm (details supplied) in County Waterford over a six day period; if so, the reason it was considered appropriate or necessary for this procedure to be adopted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23662/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford applied to her Department for permission to have animals slaughtered by appropriately trained persons at a suitable abattoir, slaughterhouse or meat plant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23663/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she received a copy of a video showing details of the mass slaughter of pigs on a farm in County Waterford; if so, the date and time she received the video; the date and time she first viewed the video; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23664/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if officials of her Department received a video showing the mass slaughter of pigs on a County Waterford farm; if so, the date and time did they first viewed the video; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23665/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the length of time veterinary officers were present at the slaughter of pigs at a farm (details supplied) in County Waterford; if they observed pigs being slaughtered without being restrained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23666/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the instructions her Department gave to meat factories or abattoirs in relation to the slaughter of pigs belonging to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23667/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason that her Department refused to lift a restriction order on movement of pigs belonging to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23668/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if tests were carried out on behalf of her Department on pigs from a farm (details supplied) in County Waterford; if so, the purpose of the tests; the results obtained from the tests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23669/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the tests which were carried out on behalf of her Department on a substance reported to be carbadox on the floor of pig pens at a farm (details supplied) in County Waterford; if samples were taken from the pig pens at any stage to confirm the nature of the substance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23672/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reasons given by a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to her Department for choosing not to pursue the option of making arrangements acceptable to her Department with a dedicated plant, for the slaughter of a large number of pigs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23674/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason veterinary inspectors satisfied themselves that a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who had no training, no qualifications and no experience in animal slaughter, understood fully the procedure involved in the slaughter of over 4,000 pigs on their farm; the further reason the inspectors believed this person...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to her having viewed a video (details supplied), her views on whether the slaughter of the animals was cruel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23677/05]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm that a test for a banned substance was carried out on an animal (details supplied) in County Waterford; if the results of the test were made available to the owner of the animal ; if the owner received a certificate of condemnation arising from the test results; if, subsequently, animal movement was restricted; and...

Written Answers — Animal Slaughter: Animal Slaughter (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Upton: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legislation which governs the slaughter of pigs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23655/05]