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Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Minister of State is here now.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: We are proud of our Minister.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Keep going.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Minister of State must be doing a very good job if Senator Buttimer cannot talk about him.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: We are here to talk about organic farming.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Before I welcome the Minister of State, I compliment Senator Buttimer on a most extraordinary speech on organic farming. He touched on nearly everything else apart from organic farming. We nearly got the half-time score of the Cork final before we heard about organic farming.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will stick to the issue. I welcome the Minister of State. As Senator Buttimer said, he is very fair with his time in the Seanad and always gives a very good account of himself when he comes in. I commend him and his Department on the outstanding work they are doing, especially in the promotion of the organic market. In a very difficult economic climate, it is important we use every...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: He is addressing the issue. He will be in the House in due course and he will be well able to answer for himself.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: He is not afraid of anybody. The Senator can huff and puff but he will not blow our house down.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Yesterday, Tesco management were picketed by angry producers, in this case, potato producers. We will probably be seeing more such actions. I have the greatest sympathy for our producers but it is the case that we are in a free, open market. I refer to Senator Feargal Quinn's excellent book, Crowning the Customer, in which he makes it clear the consumer is king and consumers will choose...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for the correction. I would like to see more such studies and more of those results being promulgated so the general public can be assured. In my view, organic food tastes better and it is better for my health but I am not so certain that everybody agrees and it may have to be proven a bit more. The Minister of State is to be commended for the work he has done...

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: It looks to me like a shaggy dog story.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I have outed him already.

Seanad: Organic Food Industry: Statements (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is the Minister of State satisfied that the message is getting out to the public?

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I draw the Leader's attention to this afternoon's launch by the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security, of which I am a member, of a document entitled Drive for Zero. The document would make a useful template for a debate in the Seanad. I give credit to Deputy Coveney, Senator Buttimer's colleague.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: He was the driving force, to pardon the pun, behind the document, which has the full support of the committee. It has potential for job creation, which is important, and may make a significant contribution to making the country greener. I fully support Senator O'Toole and others who referred to the Bellanaboy controversy. Like Senator O'Malley, I visited County Mayo recently and I was...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I support Senator Bradford's call for a debate on the dairy industry, which has deteriorated significantly. It is very important to the economy, especially in rural Ireland. I ask the Leader to draw the attention of the Minister for Finance to the dragged-out process pertaining to VAT repayments for purchases of fixed assets by farmers. I congratulate the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I specifically want to refer to the Government amendments. Like my colleague, Senator O'Donovan, I greatly welcome them and there was an audible sigh of relief in Fenit and Tralee this morning when it became clear that the Government had listened to the debate here, to Senator O'Donovan and indeed our colleagues on the other side of the House. It was a very useful debate and while there is...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I call on the Deputy Leader, Senator Dan Boyle, to arrange a debate on the functions of the taxi regulator. Many rural towns, including my home, Listowel, do not have taxis but have hackney drivers. The hackney driver holds an old and honoured position. Unlike a taxi driver, the hackney cannot cruise for work. He does not have a rank. He operates from his home. He has to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: The unfortunate man was intercepted by an on-duty Garda.