Results 18,381-18,400 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: It is a cover up.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: Perhaps the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, will give us a course on the regulations now.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: It is the Department's job to monitor the regulations.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: I will give the Minister her answer.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: I am not threatening the Minister. I will give her her answer shortly.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: I am not threatening the Minister.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: Hear, hear.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: Hear, hear.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: I thank colleagues on this side of the House who spoke in support of the motion. I particularly welcome the support we received from the Labour Party. I thank the Members on the opposite side who went to the trouble of reading the motion and addressing it in their contributions. I wish to refresh Members' memories as regards the motion. It relates to consumer information and substantial...
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: The Committee on Procedure and Privileges may wish to examine this matter because the Government's amendment refers to the agrifood package under the national development plan, single farm payments and the meat and dairy industries. It does not in any way address the issue before the House. The Minister referred to the Agri Vision 2015 action plan, the national development plan, CAP reform,...
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: ââEnterprise Ireland, suckler cow schemes and the Saudi Arabian market.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: On page 10 of a 15 page script the Minister commenced to address the issues of marketing, labelling and consumer interests. Members on this side of the House are patient.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: The Minister's Department received a report relating to substantial transformation and the abuse of consumer rights from the food labelling group in 2002. For five years she sat back and did nothing about it.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: That is the issue at stake.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: What we, food producers and consumers, want to know is whether the Minister is on our side.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: When the IFA representatives went to Brussels, the Minister was outside the door spinning against Irish farmers' interests.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: I remind the Minister of what she said at the time.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: The Minister stated there were problems with traceability and tagging but that Brazilian beef was a threat to trade, not a threat to health.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: When commencing this debate, I asked a question which the Minister conveniently avoided.
- Agrifood Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)
Michael Creed: Why is it that when a single outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurred in the United Kingdom, that country's market was closed down within six hours and it was prevented from exporting beef here?