Results 381-400 of 1,249 for speaker:Ned O'Keeffe
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [40995/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the reason an allowance has been withdrawn from persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will arrange for the appeal to be considered. [40601/08]
- Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (12 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding payment due to a person (details supplied) under the national repayment scheme. [40120/08]
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: What would Fine Gael do with that budget?
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Deputy Perry might give us the timetable of events around the country.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Fine Gael was in Government, too.
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm if he has received a report from Bus Ãireann which was sought in October 2008 (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the urgency in having this matter resolved. [39016/08]
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: We have the N73 and N72, taking in Mallow to Fermoy and Mallow to Rosslare, as well as Mitchelstown to Mallow and on to Rathmore, which is the constituency of the Ceann Comhairle. These require upgrading and I appeal to the Minister for Transport, through the Department of Finance, for extra funding for those two routes. They carry significant volumes of traffic, especially during the...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: However, I know about globalisation in respect of agriculture best and I wish to refer to this subject this evening. We destroyed our agriculture industry in the past ten years because of globalisation. We lost many of our jobs and have displaced many farmers.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Fine Gael supported that as well. The Deputy should not try to tell me thatââ
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: On globalisation, we lostââ
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: We had cheap imports from the Pacific and south Atlantic regions, which competed successfully against Irish farmers. I have seen this. The same thing happened in my own locality, where we had a wonderful organisation called Dairygold. It used to turn over â¬1 billion per annum, killed 500,000 pigs and 100,000 cattle, as well as processing approximately 200 million gallons of milk into...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: We did not.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: I will revert to this issue shortly. The Deputy should keep quiet.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: The fine brands that were developed in that area, such as Galtee cheese, Mitchelstown bacon, Galtee bacon and Calvita cheese all are gone and are being sold offââ
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: However, the Competition Authority objects to this. Moreover, 1,500 jobs were lost and I blame Enterprise Ireland for much of what happened as it went along with the flow because it constituted globalisation. I also am highly critical of Kerry Foods, which is a major importer and which does not kill a single animal in this country. It only is a secondary processor that imports, thereby...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: I am discussing the real economics of agriculture where the bread and butter of the industryââ
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: That is only small bread. It only amounts to â¬4 million. The Deputy should not worry about it.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: I make the point that I wish to seeââ
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (5 Nov 2008)
Ned O'Keeffe: Members should consider what happened in Iceland.