Results 17,861-17,880 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: The Taoiseach should withdraw his remark.
- Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: There is a plan to spend it.
- World Trade Negotiations. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on his recent meeting with the French Agriculture Minister, Michel Barnier, on the ongoing World Trade Organisation negotiations; the Government's intention with regard to the use of the veto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19896/08]
- World Trade Negotiations. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: At the outset I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Smith, on his appointment. I look forward to working with him in the best interests of Irish agriculture and the agri-business sector. I am sure I speak for my colleagues in that respect. I also congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, on his appointment in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. I do not mean these...
- World Trade Negotiations. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: The unfortunate reality is that the Minister operates to a mandate from the Council of Agriculture Ministers. The political failing of that Council of Ministers, the Minister and, more pointedly, his predecessor, was that they did not ensure the Commissioner did not stray beyond that brief, which he has done. I am not aware if the Department or the Council of Ministers have a plan B which...
- World Trade Negotiations. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: The French Agriculture Minister is; he has been very clear.
- World Trade Negotiations. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Is there a plan B?
- Farm Waste Management. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if in view of time constraints surrounding planning permission, the availability of contractors and health and safety concerns, he will extend the deadline for the completion of the farm waste management and farm improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19897/08]
- Farm Waste Management. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: I invite the Minister to take a look at his response in his spare time because he spends five minutes praising the scheme and gives the information requested in the question in the last 30 seconds. The highly-geared construction industry, in 2006, achieved something like 80,000 house units and we are expecting the agricultural construction sector to meet 40,000 applications under the farm...
- Farm Waste Management. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Apples and oranges, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, apples and oranges.
- Farm Waste Management. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Is the Minister of State saying that at this stage he and his Department have no intention of seeking an extension? I accept it is not entirely within his hands, for a concession to be granted. However, does he expect that all of the applications on hand under the farm waste management scheme can be completed safely, to the appropriate standard, within that timeframe?
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: That is if it ever existed.
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: A total of â¬9,000 has been paid out.
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: A total of â¬9,000 has been paid out to date.
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: A total of â¬9,000 has been paid out to date. It is a sham.
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: The Minister of State pulled the wool over the farmers' eyes.
- Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Does the Minister of State intend to honour the promise made by the former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Mary Coughlan, in May 2007 regarding the obligation to replant harvested forestry lands?
- Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: I will advise the Minister of State. The former Minister gave a commitment that the obligation to replant would be abolished.
- Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: The former Minister made a promise. Will it be implemented?
- Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)
Michael Creed: Will the legislation involve a commitment to the abolition of the replanting obligation?