Results 521-540 of 590 for speaker:Johnny Brady

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: It wants to close everything down.

Future of Irish Farming: Motion. (7 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: I congratulate the Minister on her Trojan work on behalf of the farming community. Since assuming office 16 months ago, her efforts at the Cabinet table, at EU level and at the WTO negotiations in Hong Kong last December have been second to none. The agriculture industry is in safe hands with the Minister and her two Ministers for State. It is cheap of Fine Gael to table a vote of no...

Future of Irish Farming: Motion. (7 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: It will be a tragedy for agriculture if the Leas-Cheann Comhairle asks me to conclude. I ask Deputy Naughten and his Fine Gael colleagues to go back to 1974 when he was a garsún in short trousers. Does he recall the days he went with a calf to the sale and he could not buy a chicken to bring it home?

Future of Irish Farming: Motion. (7 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: Does the Deputy recall 1997 when the Minister for Agriculture was supposed to be at Dublin Airport in the interests of agriculture but was in a pub in Wexford?

Future of Irish Farming: Motion. (7 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: Does the Deputy recall when the former Deputy De Rossa said that the farmers were ruling us and Fine Gael agreed with him? Does the Deputy recall these bad days in agriculture? Thank God, since Fianna Fáil came into power in 1997, there is a future for agriculture in this country.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: I ask the former Democratic Left leader to withdraw that remark.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: I appeal to him to withdraw that remark, the scurrilous get.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: Deputy Rabbitte will not have to——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: It will be a long time before the Labour Party has a——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Johnny Brady: ——Minister or Deputy from County Meath.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Johnny Brady: He was not unemployed.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Johnny Brady: He has looked after the children, unlike the Deputy's brother.

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Johnny Brady: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue which is of grave importance to Ireland. The proposals being considered by the WTO in the lead-up to the Hong Kong meeting in December, including those of the EU's, would devastate Irish farmers' incomes. Furthermore, they would result in all farm enterprises, excluding the decoupled payments, operating at a loss. The result would be an...

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Nov 2005)

Johnny Brady: Would the Minister of State consider favourably the removal of hedgerows by farmers or their sons under the rural environment protection scheme to allow them to construct houses on their land? The planners in my county do not want any hedgerow removed and they are turning down the planning applications of young couples as a consequence. It is very unfair, particularly where the landowners are...

Organic Farming. (15 Nov 2005)

Johnny Brady: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive report on this issue. Does he believe the lack of interest in organic farming is because of the small profit margin in the sector? Deputies Naughten, Wilkinson and I were in Spain last week representing the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food. We discussed this issue with the relevant Spanish ministry and ascertained that the lack of...

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

Johnny Brady: I wish to share time with Deputies Callanan, Grealish and Michael Moynihan. Beef production is extremely valuable to the economy. It has an export value of €1.4 billion, representing approximately 25% of total agri-food exports. Irish beef is a highly competitive product with more than 90% of production exported to the EU and other countries. Under the CAP decoupling arrangements for direct...

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

Johnny Brady: Acting Chairman——

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

Johnny Brady: I wish to be associated with those speakers on the other side of the House in complimenting the Minister of State and his officials. Coming from a farm and a county that depended on the Land Commission, I know many small farmers in County Meath who are grateful for its work. There were also migrants from other parts of the country, particularly from the west, who were always made welcome in...

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

Johnny Brady: How much time is allocated to each speaker?

Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)

Johnny Brady: We are here.