Results 18,001-18,020 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Minister of State knows so much about agriculture that he must put down questions on the Order Paper so that he can answers about it.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: He ought not lecture me about it. Let him put his pen in his pocket.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: Some 70% tariff cuts.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: What did Mr. Mandelson say to the Minister of State when he stated we did not accept it?
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Minister of State would want to listen to Mr. Mandelson a little more carefully.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: Read it. Read what they themselves say.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: Exactly.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Government is now waking up.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Government is now waking up.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: Where was the Government in 2003 and 2005 â this is 2008?
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: We have gone from 36% to 50% to 70%.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Minister of State was sitting over there, sound asleep.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Minister of State does not have a clue about what he is speaking.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: We have gone from 36% to 50% to 70%, and the Minister of State tells me he was awake.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: That is called the softening up process.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: Former Deputies Austin Deasy and Ivan Yates were the two best Ministers for Agriculture.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: I wish to share the remainder of my time with Deputies McHugh, Burke and O'Mahony. It is difficult to recall a moment in our economic history when so much stands to be lost from the failure of this Government and its predecessor to defend a vital national interest. The failure of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the lead Department in this fiasco, even to quantify the...
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: If the Minister has met the Commissioner, she should not broadcast it too loudly because he is clearly not taking too much notice of her. Has the Minister thought about the significant challenge ahead in terms of feeding a world population that is growing by 80 million per annum and will reach 9.2 billion by 2050? Has she raised with the Commissioner the challenges and consequences of...
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Manuel school of politics in Fianna Fáil is alive and well. "I know nothing" is the refrain, or "I would rather not know". When asked last week whether her Department had prepared estimates on the impact of the world trade deal, the Minister replied that a "final analysis" was not yet completed. That is convenient for her. There will be no front page headlines to highlight the extent...
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Michael Creed: The Government has ensured that infrastructure and employment are concentrated on the east coast.