Results 54,661-54,680 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to restore the REP scheme in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36600/09]
- Written Answers — Agricultural Exports: Agricultural Exports (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of new markets identified for agricultural produce in the beef, lamb, pig meat and dairy sectors; the number of markets that have ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36601/09]
- Written Answers — Agri-food Sector: Agri-food Sector (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans for the future development of the beef, sheep, pig, lamb, cereal and dairy sectors with a view to making the necessary provision for the future of the industry, bearing in mind the competition from third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36602/09]
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions he has had or proposes to have with his EU colleagues with the objective of adopting a short, medium and long-term plan for the agricultural sector, bearing in mind the need to provide for security of supply, reasonable income for the producer and the need for the EU to be self-sufficient in so far as...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has had discussions with his EU colleagues with a view to ensuring the future of the food production sector throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36604/09]
- Written Answers — Sugar Beet Production: Sugar Beet Production (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the countries within the EU currently involved in sugar production from sugar beet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36605/09]
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ensure a reasonable standard of income throughout the agricultural production sector with particular reference to the future needs in terms of food production here and throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36606/09]
- Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which the costs to the dairy producer here compare with those in the UK, France and other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36607/09]
- Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which milk prices to the dairy producer here compare with those in the UK, France and other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36609/09]
- Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he proposes to take to address the issues raised by dairy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36608/09]
- Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (15 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he proposes to take nationally or in conjunction with his EU colleagues to address the issue of collapsing prices for the dairy producer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36610/09]
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I, too, congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his first day in office and I assure him that we humble backbenchers will do our best to make it as interesting as possible for him during his sojourn in the Chair. Will the Ceann Comhairle, and perhaps through him, the Taoiseach, address a very serious issue that has developed over recent years, namely, that, on an increasingly prevalent basis,...
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: This concerns promised legislation and the business of the House. The Departments of Health and Children and Enterprise, Trade and Employment and, more recently, Transport, have crept into the area of repeated refusals to answer questions. A problem that has emerged in recent weeks is that, because of a lack of accountability to this House, certain embarrassing issues have arisen, precisely...
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: We must remember - as a long-serving Member of this House the Ceann Comhairle will know this better than anybody - that for every penny approved by a Department to a subsidiary body of any kind, the Minister concerned is responsible to this House.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, we have. I ask the Taoiseach, through the Ceann Comhairle, to address this issue before these problems become much more serious than they are now. They could not be more serious. Will legislation be introduced or will the Taoiseach incorporate these proposals into legislation already on the Order Paper with a view to ensuring that from now Ministers will answer the questions they are...
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: -----should come into this Chamber to answer questions because we cannot get answers to questions.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: In the same way, the chief executive of FÃS should have been here to answer questions in the past four or five years. We would have received answers to questions and would not have had these problems. I ask the Taoiseach if something can be done about this.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: It is not. It is a matter for Government.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)
Bernard Durkan: It is the way forward.