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Seanad: Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: I sincerely thank Senators for their wide-ranging and interesting comments on this Bill. Members of Seanad Éireann have shown consistent and genuine concern about the affairs of the less well-off countries of the world, which is fully acknowledged by me on behalf of the Government. We have benefited from the valuable contribution made to the economic and social development of Ireland by...

Seanad: Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Second Stage. (25 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: The alarm bells are ringing.

Seanad: Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Second Stage. (25 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: Is cúis áthais dom bheith ar ais i Seanad Éireann le freastal ar an Bhille tábhachtach seo, an Bille um Banc Forbartha Comhairle na hEorpa 2004. Tá mé ag súil leis an díospóireacht agus an pháirt a ghlacfaidh na Seanadóirí uilig. This Bill provides for Ireland's membership of the Council of Europe Development Bank. The CEB is the oldest international financial institution in...

Irish Emigrants. (16 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: Is cúis áthais dom freagra cruinn beacht a thabhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo faoi imircigh — muintir na nGael thar lear. I welcome this opportunity to stress the Government's continuing and strong commitment to Irish people living abroad. Emigration resonates deeply with us all, touching as it does every family at some time or other. We feel empathy when we hear accounts of the...

Factory Closures. (16 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment. On Thursday 11 November 2004, Nestle announced its intention to close its chocolate crumb production facility at Mallow, County Cork. The facility is based at the Dairygold plant in Mallow and employs 57 people. Nestle stated a strategic review of its business requirements for chocolate crumb identified that, due to improvements...

Factory Closures. (16 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: To date in 2004 five new projects, McAfee, AK Pharma, Altera, Ecora & Centocor, have been announced with a job creation potential in excess of 800. Over the past four years more than 40 new projects have been approved for the Cork area with a jobs potential of up to 5,000 people at full operation. IDA Ireland's main focus is targeting high value projects. This means companies that decide to...

Factory Closures. (16 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: In line with addressing these industry requirements, IDA Ireland also has a focus in north Cork, on its new business and technology park adjacent to Fermoy. IDA Ireland has purchased this 20 acre site on the outskirts of Fermoy where site development works and landscaping have been completed at a cost of approximately €1.5 million. The IDA intends to seek proposals from private developers...

Factory Closures. (16 Nov 2004)

Noel Treacy: In addition, IDA is also marketing the Fermoy business and technology park as a suitable location for potential green field projects. It is anticipated that future employment opportunities generated at this business and technology park will be of benefit to the north Cork area generally. I assure the Deputy that the State development agencies, under the auspices of the Department of...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Noel Treacy: Deputy Rabbitte is anti-regions.

Seanad: Hospital Services. (3 Jun 2004)

Noel Treacy: The Minister for Health and Children is out of the country. Rapid transport could get him to Castlebar but I do not believe that is the case. On his behalf, I am glad of the opportunity afforded by the Senator to discuss Mayo General Hospital. I refer initially to the unprecedented investment in services at the hospital over the past number of years. The Government has invested heavily in the...

Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)

Noel Treacy: That is rubbish.

Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)

Noel Treacy: It is rubbish.

Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)

Noel Treacy: What is the Deputy talking about?

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (25 May 2004)

Noel Treacy: The new single farm payment scheme, to be introduced with effect from 1 January 2005, will be based on the average amount paid to farmers under the livestock premia and arable aid schemes in respect of the reference period 2000-02, inclusive. Council Regulation 1782/2003 governing the single payment scheme provides that where a farmer was under agri-environmental commitments during the...

Schools Amalgamation. (25 May 2004)

Noel Treacy: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter as it gives me the opportunity to outline to the House the strategy of the Department of Education and Science for capital investment in education projects and also to outline the position regarding the proposed amalgamation of the national schools in Kanturk, County Cork. The enrolment at St Colman's boys' national school, Kanturk, has been...

School Staffing. (25 May 2004)

Noel Treacy: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter and for giving me an opportunity to outline the position of the Department of Education and Science. The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment for the school on 30 September of the previous year. The number of mainstream posts is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is finalised for a...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Noel Treacy: Is cúis áthais dom a bheith ar ais sa tSeanad chun deireadh a chur leis an mBille an-thábhachtach seo. I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, and the House for receiving me again. I will speak to amendments Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 6. These amendments relate to the inclusion of a new Part 4 to the Bill to provide for amendment of the Registration of Potato Growers and Potato Packers Act 1984. The...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Noel Treacy: I note that Senator Burke has moved from a potato dish to a beef dish. We are discussing the potato situation. We are bringing forward proposals, and we have already brought forward secondary legislation, to protect, guarantee and support indigenous production in this country for the farmers of the nation.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Noel Treacy: We certainly have done so and I have been involved in it. There is an outstanding division in the Department of Agriculture and Food which has done an outstanding job at inspectorate, management and administration level. Huge progress has been made and the IFA and farming organisations, particularly the growers, are very pleased with it. We are copperfastening what we are doing in this...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Noel Treacy: I thank the Leader for giving us that flexibility. In response to Senator Burke, the Minister, Deputy Walsh, wrote to the Senator following the last Seanad debate outlining the position in regard to Féile Bia. Féile Bia requires that suppliers must sign up for the product they supply under the Féile Bia logo. It does not suit all suppliers to sign up and, consequently, they will not do so.