Results 16,961-16,980 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Pigmeat Sector. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Some â¬37 million.
- Pigmeat Sector. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Does the Minister realise that some producers are contemplating not killing animals again?
- Pigmeat Sector. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Those checks are putting pig producers out of business.
- Pigmeat Sector. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Producers are being put of business.
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of money required by his Department to meet its full outstanding liabilities under the farm waste management scheme and the farm investment scheme respectively; the amount provided to each scheme in his Department's Estimates for 2009; if, in view of the financial hardship being experienced by individual farmers...
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: I am not sure whether we are supposed to jump up and down and clap when we hear the Minister say he will pay. The big question for farmers is when they will be paid. Is the Minister aware that for every month he delays payment â I will not make reference to the charter of rights which speaks about payment within eight weeks â interest payments made by farmers to banks come to...
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: I have no alternative but to conclude that the Minister should consider his position as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: It is an appalling vista that farmers will be asked to carry the can for the failure of the Minister to do a simple mathematical calculation.
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: There were 17,000 applicants. Reckoning an average payment of approximately â¬33,000 would have told the Minister what his Department Estimate required. The Minister is in Cabinet and he and his colleagues are contemplating recapitalising the banks. Payment of the farm waste management scheme will recapitalise the banks, indirectly. I assure him that 99% of payments he will make out will...
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: I ask the Minster, in the context of recapitalisation, to go back to the Cabinet room before it is too late and say that the â¬450 million required for this scheme will recapitalise the banks. It is not money for farmers but it will enable them to meet their requirements to continue in business. I have one final question for the Minister. Will he meet the farmers' interest repayments? He...
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: The Minister should not blame the farmers.
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: The Minister is late coming to that.
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: As the Minister should.
- Farm Waste Management. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: The Minister should deal with the farm waste scheme.
- Dairy Sector. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: I accept that this is a difficult time and many of the problems are dictated by global conditions. What we need is far more aggressive use of market support measures at European Union level. The Minister said that the picture looks difficult for the first half of 2009, which is the peak milk production time for Irish farmers. The Minister will be aware that some processors are talking...
- Food Industry. (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: He will cycle.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Did the Government know about it?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: Does the Taoiseach know about the â¬7 billion?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: When did the Taoiseach know about the â¬7 billion?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)
Michael Creed: The Taoiseach is refusing to answer the question.