Results 661-680 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: People must join the scheme. If they do not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Grassland and Single Farm Payments: Irish Farmers Association (25 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: -----the money cannot be drawn down.

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I ask the Acting Leader, Senator Jim D'Arcy, to propose the suspension of the House until 3 p.m.

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Please allow the Minister of State to continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The figure for steers dropped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I would like to refer to page 12 of Mr. Healy's presentation, which mentions cattle prices in Great Britain. I presume that the prices shown on the graph are in sterling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: That should have been clarified because this information will go on the record of the Houses. The figure of 320 for bull beef in England appears as if it is €320, which is less than £320. This should be changed before the information goes on the record. Does the meat industry realise why there were thousands of farmers marching today? The industry is in crisis and there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The three big players in the meat processing industry are AIBP, Kepak and Dawn. What percentage of the market do they control in Northern Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: My apologies for having to leave the meeting earlier and I ask the Chairman to stop me if my questions have been asked already. I was an active bull beef producer until this year and I do not know what divine inspiration prompted me to decide not to produce it this year. I still have a problem trying to get rid of steer beef. Mr. Spellman summed up the situation well when he referred to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The majority of our bull beef went to the Continent. We were exporting steers to England in the main.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I wish to raise an matter on which I ask the Leader to arrange that Members pass a motion, lobby Ireland's MEPs or write to Mr. Hammond, who is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport in the United Kingdom. Since 1999, various European Union directives have set common rules on distance-related tolls and time-based user charges for heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: All our roads should be treated as one, because this will have serious implications-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I thank Senator Norris. I refer in particular to the A5, which is the road that is mainly used for transport from the Republic through Northern Ireland, especially in the case of counties such as Donegal. I ask that Members support the Minister on this matter by writing to Mr. Hammond or else by passing a motion calling for the exemption of the A5 from this toll in England.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by the Pope: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I am sorry, but Senator Norris should bring his suggestion of a transcript being sent to the Taoiseach to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by the Pope: Motion (19 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: That is not a matter for the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I ask the Deputy Leader to have an urgent debate in this House, because the beef industry in this country is in crisis. At the moment, it takes four to six weeks for farmers to get animals into factories at what is a very depressed price. On the best advice they had received about Food Harvest 2020, farmers, especially dairy farmers, were asked to produce bull beef. Around 1.5 million...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I would like to speak about the neknomination phenomenon. I know it was raised in the House yesterday. In this context, I would like to call for a debate on advertising standards. We have seen the problems that can arise when young people who are easily influenced are brought to clubs. As we know, seven people were injured in a crush at Copper Face Jack's on Harcourt Street last week. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I will read it without mentioning the name. The advertisement states: We Neknominate you! We're challenging you to take part in the Nek Championships this Friday night in [the name of the club]. 50 Free pints at 11pm. The five fastest pint drinkers win a limited year long membership Key Ring. Neknominate your friends below for free entry and a free pint and a chance to win a membership.I do...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Was he speaking on a hands-free phone?