Results 941-960 of 1,249 for speaker:Ned O'Keeffe

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (7 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 571: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on making a site available to a group (details supplied) in County Cork. [9558/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the inclusion of the upgrade of a specific water supply (details supplied) in the 2006-2008 water services investment programme. [9556/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the commencement of works under a project (details supplied) in County Cork. [9559/06]

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: I am disappointed that a broader view has not been taken on this on my side of the House. Yesterday I heard the Minister of State make the point that there is a significant number of consumers. That does not make the case to amend the legislation. The consumer will lose out in the short term. The problems in the UK have not been recognised here. The report on the groceries order has many...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: My comments were never more relevant. This is a bread and butter issue.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: The Deputy would love to be over here where I am. He has tried hard and failed. The food industry is a key sector here in terms of employment and trade. More than 210,000 people are employed in the production, distribution and sale of food. A total of 65,000 are employed in the retail grocery trade. The Minister of State's heart is in what we are doing because he comes from the same...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: The Progressive Democrats Party wanted it.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: I speak in favour of the amendments. Having taken my party pledge, I will honour it if there is a division.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Deputy McHugh from Tuam is in a bigger hole on his side of the House than I am. He would not be on that side only for the queue in his constituency and that is why he is there. I want to be straight and honest.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: There are queues in our party in many counties. We do not have enough vacancies.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Predatory pricing is not a problem for us. It might be for the smaller party and the Minister, Deputy McDowell, speaking in Waterford on Friday referred to predatory pricing.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: I am not a predator. I never was, nor was anybody belonging to me.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Martin, of whom mention has been made and who is away on business planned a few weeks ago, he probably inherited this legislation. It always has been the tradition in this country that one accepts what one gets when one goes into office and then one changes everything as one goes along.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, to the House. I sympathise with him on taking this legislation as he comes from the small county of Clare——

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: ——where there are approximately 300 small grocers. I received a telephone call today asking was I to speak on this issue. I am reasonably familiar with Corofin and it is the Minister of State's backyard. There was a councillor who had a fine business down that way at one time and I had to canvass him on a Seanad issue or something. Such people will be affected by this legislation....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: The report refers to Germany which has a groceries order. It has the lowest food prices in Europe serving a market of 90 million people. The food industry will come under serious attack and small operators will be wiped out. The person who makes buns, jam, honey and other products will be affected by predatory pricing and monopolies. Predatory pricing is the central issue in this legislation....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Freedom of expression is one thing that is left in the country. Everything else is gone. The two for one mechanism will not work. People in rural Ireland will have to travel 30 or 40 miles for groceries and services. I appeal to the Minister of State to amend the legislation. My party has been the backbone of rural Ireland and it has always enjoyed supporting the small, entrepreneurial...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: When I spoke on the amendment I was thinking of Corofin village as the model.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: The Minister of State has spoken about predatory pricing and dominance. Predatory pricing comes before dominance. It is after predatory pricing that dominant players enter the market and take over.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2006)

Ned O'Keeffe: Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make arrangements to have a person (details supplied) in County Cork called for dental treatment at the earliest date possible. [8093/06]