Results 16,341-16,360 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: The Deputy wants my constituents to travel a long way.
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: May I comment on that matter?
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: I do propose to be helpful because there will be no need for me to pose a further supplementary if I intervene at this juncture. I understand it is proposed to close the offices at South Mall in Cork and at Mallow and to transfer operations to Fermoy. In light of staff concerns and the geographical area involved, it is absurd to ask-----
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: That is fine. Perhaps the Minister might reconsider the position, particularly in light of the points raised by Deputy Sherlock. Will he-----
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: No one is suggesting that.
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: Is the Department contractually committed to transferring operations to Fermoy?
- Departmental Offices. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: I tabled this question in an attempt to be helpful. Whether it is Teagasc or county council offices, State offices in one guise or another should be used to maximum efficiency. There should be no demarkation whereby an officer of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food cannot use the IT available in a local authority, Teagasc or another State-funded facility such as a social...
- Live Exports. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: The issue of live exports is far more important than the number of finished animals exported live for slaughter in the UK or that are fattened; it serves as a price-setting mechanism in the differential between the Irish and UK markets, which at present is approximately â¬150 a head. It is critical that every impediment and roadblock to it is challenged head on. As I stated during previous...
- Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: They are long in Cork also.
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the financial and practical effects that the introduction of electronic tagging of sheep will have on the sheep sector here; if he has sought a derogation at European level regarding the introduction of electronic tagging in view of the decline in the sheep sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: I am not sure I would like to thank the Minister of State for his reply but we are getting nearer to having all the facts on the table. I appreciate the history lesson and, in some respects, I have sympathy for him because his two predecessors, who should have killed this proposal in its infancy, kicked it to touch and the chickens are coming home to roost on his watch. Does he accept field...
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: A 12-month derogation will be meaningless because a significant element of the industry is involved in hogget production. When one goes to the mart to buy store lambs, one may buy from ten different flocks. One will then have to superimpose the new tagging system on the current system. Twelve digit numbers will have to be transcribed individually in respect of each tagging. It will not...
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: With no success.
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: Will the Minister of State seek a derogation?
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: What is wrong with the existing system?
- Sheep Industry. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: It is ridiculous.
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to address the financial difficulty caused by the closure of the REPS 4 scheme to new applicants; his views on the uncertainty that this poses for farmers in serious financial difficulty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43826/09]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: Does the Minister's Department have a tracking mechanism to assess the financial status of those who will exit REPS 2 and REPS 3 and who will move on to a State social welfare payment, that is, farm assist? If the Department has done such an assessment, does the Minister agree that it is financially irresponsible to withdraw REPS and thereby increase the State's liability in the form of farm...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: The Minister may dance on the head of a pin as much as he likes in arguing that REPS 4 is not an income supplement measure. He should tell that to the thousands of farmers throughout the country who, as they exit REPS 2 or REPS 3, are losing, on average, â¬6,500. Given the year they have had, that payment means the difference between putting bread on the table or not. The REP scheme is...
- Food Safety. (26 Nov 2009)
Michael Creed: He is covering up something.