Results 18,601-18,620 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: He is not sure of them himself.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Not now that he is in the low tax party.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: They do not get paid. It is black and white and the Minister of State knows it.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: They cannot receive a REPS payment while getting the other payment from the land.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: That is the situation and the Minister accepted that today.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Olivia Mitchell, Connaughton and Hayes. Our current use of energy is unsustainable. The oil era is coming to an end and we have not developed sustainable alternatives that can meet our energy needs in the next century. In 2003 the price of a barrel of oil stood at around $35. In 2006, it reached $70 and...
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: This Government is trying to pull the wool over people's eyes on this issue. Fine Gael has solid proposals that will stimulate a market for farmers and encourage consumers to make the switch to bio-fuels, while reassuring farmers of the future security of the industry. We call on the Government to create a market for bio-fuels by legislating to provide that all motor fuels must include a...
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: What about the Austrians? Does a different EU law apply to them?
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: The Government has not delivered anything.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: It is as clear as slurry.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: They were only announced yesterday.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: The Minister should not refer to roads and targets.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Farmers are not paid on the basis of the acreage on which the crop is grown. Perhaps the Minister should read the proposals before he makes statements about them.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: The Minister has come into the Chamber and tried to twist the facts.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: They are excluded. Those receiving disadvantaged area payments are also excluded.
- Autism Services. (13 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if autistic children in receipt of Department funded home tuition will have to discontinue home tuition from their current provider in order to employ a Department recognised trained primary school teacher from September 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4759/07]
- Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (8 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/07]
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to promote access to medicine in the Third World; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4198/07]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the exchange rates used by his Department in calculating the value of foreign payments to applicants for means tested social welfare payments; the procedures employed in calculating these rates; his plans to review this procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4583/07]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2007)
Denis Naughten: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4581/07]