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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the district veterinary office in Roscommon will accept single farm payment forms this year; if received on the closing date, will this count as received on time by his Department; if staff at the DVO office in Roscommon will be able to assist in the completion of the single farm payment application forms as in previous years;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 172 of 13 February 2013 regarding all the bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis reactors removed under section 20 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 as referred to in his written reply of the 13 February 2013, if he will confirm the actual number of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis reactors...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the district veterinary office in Roscommon will accept single farm payment forms this year; if received on the closing date, will this count as received on time by his Department; if staff at the DVO office in Roscommon will be able to assist in the completion of the single farm payment application forms as in previous years;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 172 of 13 February 2013 regarding all the bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis reactors removed under section 20 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 as referred to in his written reply of the 13 February 2013, if he will confirm the actual number of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis reactors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: How much more expensive is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Mr. Mackay is saying that the Irish basket is 18% more expensive. Is that the figure that is widely quoted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: That might explain why our civil servants are looking for more money. It costs more to live here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Is it a competitive marketplace in which to operate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. It is regrettable that Aldi does not publish its profits. The witnesses also seem to be very sensitive on a lot of issues, which is a pity. Aldi's profits come from the Irish people, who go into its stores. I shop in Aldi but I would be a little bit more reluctant to do so now because it will not publish its profit data. I would like to know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: How do the rates compare with other markets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I will have to trust you on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Does Aldi provide comparisons with a similar basket of goods purchased in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Germany and so forth? Can the company do that or would it not be possible because the product ranges are different in each country?

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I welcome this Bill and the news that the Government will support it. I also congratulate Deputy Ó Caoláin for ploughing a long furrow, along with other people on the committee, in bringing the Bill to this stage. On many days I come here and wonder why the hell I bother but yesterday in the audiovisual room I listened to the ladies telling their stories and I felt that there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Can any of the studies mentioned be referenced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I will access them on the website.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: What is the witnesses' opinion of what I am about to say? There is a question. Local clubs can survive without alcohol sponsorship. In my first few years as a county councillor I set up a soccer league with 16 teams, in order to give people of all ages something to do. Every week I received a phone call from a pub asking me would I bring them in there afterwards for a few sandwiches. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: If he was a Liverpool fan he would have said Carlsberg.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: That is a fact. My nephew drinks it because he has followed Liverpool from the age of eight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sponsorship of Major Sporting Events by Drinks Industry: Discussion with Alcohol Action Ireland and College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I had worries about alcohol advertising in sport and elsewhere before I attended the committee, having read quite a bit about the subject. Some of the things the heads of the main sports organisations said to the committee on the last occasion were astounding. They did not fit with what I had read about the damage sponsorship by drinks companies of sports events and in general caused....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (17 Apr 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the computer and DVDs taken 10 months ago from a person (details supplied) in County Galway have not been returned; the legislation under which An Garda Síochána are entitled to hold this private property [17943/13]