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- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister does not even know how many animals there are.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I am talking about the substantive issue.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: It is the animals and their welfare.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister knew nothing about it. He could not even give me the information.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I am not allowed to speak on Second Stage.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle knows that and so does the Minister.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I did. I tried my best.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I have asked the Minister questions which he has not answered.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I too welcome the Minister's announcements on mircochipping and passports. When I first raised this issue with him last autumn, I was struck by how little he knew about the horse industry.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister could not give me an answer.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister did not know how many horses were slaughtered, the level of exports, production levels in different slaughterhouses and so on. He did not have a clue.
- Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: They are on the Dáil record. It is shameful, given the role of the horse in the agriculture sector and our culture generally. What is the timeframe for the introduction of microchipping? Will the racing industry which we continue to subsidise considerably make a contribution towards the protection of horses?
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his consultation process on an all-Ireland control strategy for Ash dieback; when new measures will be introduced to address the problem of Ash dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21402/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Parking Charges (8 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his proposals to impose paid parking charges on Howth Harbour, County Dublin; if he will release any analysis of the impact of his proposals on the vital marine leisure tourism industry in Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/13]
- Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: Deputies Catherine Murphy and Clare Daly are sharing time.
- Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I have to ask the Deputy to wrap up.
- Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: In reply to the Minister's remarks, nobody in the House is neutral about atrocities-----
- Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: -----or misbehaviour by regimes or groups that want to impose their ideological view on people. None of us is neutral in that regard. Have there been references, to the Minister's knowledge, to the International Criminal Court in respect of events in Mali? We noted at the start of the conflict the damage that was done. Mali has an incredible cultural heritage, as the Minister knows. It...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)
Tommy Broughan: I note that the Minister is at least an avid reader of Phoenix.