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Dairy Industry. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: It has become a predictable process that the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food issues a press release the week before an Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting informing us of the current crisis and what he will ask of the Commissioner. After the meeting, he issues another press release stating that because of his intervention, the world and all has been achieved for the dairy...

Dairy Industry. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: They have not had a positive impact on the prices being paid to farmers.

Dairy Industry. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: The Minister of State's words are cold comfort for the producing and processing sectors. The monthly milk cheques being received by dairy farmers are approximately 50% of what they were 12 months ago. The political challenge we face is to ensure the industry can survive the cyclical nature of the downturn and be in a position to take advantage of the upturn in the global markets when it...

Common Agricultural Policy. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans with regard to the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013; the initiatives he will bring forward in order to sustain the agri-food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/09]

Common Agricultural Policy. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister for his reply and in many respects he ticks all the boxes regarding the concerns that face Ireland. Would the Minister accept that with the appointment of a new Commission shortly we are entering a critical phase? This debate will not be determined in 2013. In the interim period between now and then critical connections will be made at a European level and alliances...

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Again and again.

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: I make this point in the context of having been previously advised by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, who is unavoidably absent today, that the code of conduct in the UK was not all it was made out to be. I have in the interim had time to reconsider the matter and that apparently is the case. Does the Minister of State not find it ironic in the extreme that the...

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Lest there is any doubt in regard to whether consumers are being ripped off through this framework, dairy prices to the primary producer have tumbled by 17% in the past 12 months while prices to the consumer have dropped by only 2%.

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Is it not the case that the best legislative framework to deal with this will require real clout and teeth and that a voluntary code of conduct may not, if we are to learn from experience across the water, be the best way to go?

Milk Quota. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: I presume the Minister of State will confirm that it is the wish of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that those new entrants that will acquire quota under this scheme will grow that enterprise and will in future milk trading opportunities increase their quota share. If that is the intention — nothing else would make sense because a quota of the size envisaged would not be...

Milk Quota. (30 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: The point I am making is not related to people who in recent times produced milk, I am talking about people who acquired the right to produce milk by virtue of purchasing quota and who received a derogation from the Department from an obligation to produce it. They had acquired this asset and hoped to be successful in the scheme for new entrants so they could amalgamate the asset they had...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Having observed the appropriate recipe for securing a Dáil debate, I hope I do not have to embark on the same route. The food and drinks industry report published earlier this week highlighted, among other issues, that 2,000 jobs have been lost in the food industry so far this year. Yesterday, the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food heard a prediction that as many as 140,000...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: If the Minister for Finance were to indicate a willingness to hold such a debate, the Whips could be-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: I note that disorder provided the Minister with an opportunity to tweak the-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: The Ceann Comhairle should not tempt me.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: London has the Underground.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: The Minister has been in Government for more than ten years.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to statutory redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24636/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive full broadband access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24602/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (23 Jun 2009)

Michael Creed: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his contractual arrangements with a company (details supplied); the value and duration of the contracts entered into; the services rendered by the contractor; if he is satisfied with the services provided by this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/09]