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Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: That is generalising.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Neither is the Senator.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: We are dealing with people's livelihoods.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Senator is insinuating that farmers——

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Government has never been that way.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I move: That Seanad Éireann —condemns the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government for misleading Seanad Éireann on 14 December 2005 with regard to the nitrates directive by stating that the implementation of the nitrates action plan had the full support of all farm organisations and was acceptable to them: further condemns him: —for his incompetence and mishandling of...

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Misleading this House and the farming community is a resigning matter. To refer to the Minister as "the grim reaper" or the personification of the death of Irish farming is to describe someone who has single-handedly set about destroying the Irish agricultural sector. This has precipitated the exit from the land by so many farmers whose livelihoods are being destroyed by the implementation of...

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: ——when he used some unparliamentary language, I will phrase my next remarks very carefully. It is not overstating the case to say that the Minister's statement in this House last December was an untruth, and an extremely costly one for the Irish farming sector. This is certainly a resigning matter. The Minister has treated this House with utter contempt. The farming organisations that he...

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Minister got a rap last week on this particular issue. He was confronted by 150 farmers from the counties of Longford and Westmeath who were very angry at what he is doing, trying to destroy the industry. The nitrates regulations signed into law by the Minister last December will impose limits on the maximum amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus that may be applied to land. However, the...

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Government has sat on the ditch in respect of it.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: It needed them for long enough.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Senator is a dangerous little man.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: Look at what has happened in Denmark, Sweden and in every other country.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Senator should talk to the IFA and the farming organisations.

Seanad: Nitrates Directive: Motion. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The same person said the Minister was introducing highly-damaging legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I, too, join with others in condemning the thuggery that took place on O'Connell Street last weekend. There is a lesson to be learned, namely, that the Garda needs adequate resources to deal with incidents such as this. The force is inadequately resourced at the moment. That is evident from talking to gardaí not alone in the capital but also in rural parts of Ireland. Right across the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: I am calling for a debate on policing and law and order in rural areas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

James Bannon: The Government has let down elderly people as regards keeping them safe in their communities.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

James Bannon: I do not respect this Minister; he told untruths to me with regard to the nitrates directive on 14 December 2005.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

James Bannon: The Minister told untruths on that night and I will not allow him to get away with untruths here tonight.