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- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Farmers stepped up to the plate in their thousands; in fact, 17,400 of them did so. The Minister failed to provide adequate funding in the budget for that. A total of â¬125 million in 2009 leaves us short of â¬105 million to pay even the 40% to which the Minister refers. We need clarity from this debate. We do not want a situation where farmers are being asked to live horse and get...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: There is not a single Fianna Fáil backbencher in the House to debate this matter. It is deplorable.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: He is the Minister for injustice.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Will the Minister give an assurance to the House that in the event of the Government failing to conclude an agreement with the banks, the State will meet the interest liability?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: I move amendment No. 41: In page 13, subsection (3), lines 5 to 9, to delete all words from and including: "subsection (1)â " in line 5 down to and including "concerned." in line 9 and substitute the following: "subsection (1) a tax credit equivalent to the interest charged shall accumulate.". I am not sure whether many farmers in the Minister's constituency are victims of the Government's...
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: I bet the Taoiseach wishes he was back in Angola now.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: The past is a different country.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Last but not least, the legislation before the House today provides a legal framework for the State unilaterally to tear up a contract with farmers under the farm waste management scheme. In a reply to a parliamentary question yesterday, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food confirmed that 40% of the moneys would be paid in 2009. My question to the Taoiseach is in respect of the...
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I will ask a question that is relevant to the Order of Business. The Estimate provides for only â¬125 million under farm waste management. It requires in the region of â¬230 million to facilitate a payment of 40%. I think the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food would confirm that that figure is about correct. Will there be a...
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit to minimising the impact of the cuts from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to the youth service budget on young people and youth services in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7061/09]
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the work of hundreds of volunteers in youth organisations will be undermined if there is a cutback in the funding to voluntary youth organisations in County Cork by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs; if she will give a commitment to protect funding for youth...
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that reductions in funding from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to youth organisations working in County Cork and in particular in towns such as Macroom, Ballincollig, Newmarket and Kanturk may lead to the closure of youth projects and youth initiatives which are...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if an organisation (details supplied) received a sports capital grant from his Department in 2006, 2007 or 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7497/09]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recent changes regarding the level of grant aid available for new micro-enterprises in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7506/09]
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that there is no change to the consolidation arrangements under the single farm payment scheme 2009 following the health check changes and that the facility is available for applicants in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7065/09]
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to ban afforestation on enclosed and unimproved land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/09]
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a commitment that applicants under REPS 4, many of whom have had their applications submitted since late 2007, will not be excluded from REPS 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7495/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to make the first 40% instalment payment under the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7496/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded their suckler cow grant. [7507/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish on a county basis the number of applicants awaiting payment under the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7508/09]