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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to address the burden of cross compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32734/06]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a final report will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; her views on this type of delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32937/06]

Order of Business (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: When will the health Bill come before the House? Through the Minister for Health and Children, the former Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, the House established an independent inquiry into the death of Mr. Pat Joe Walsh. When will that be discussed in this House?

Order of Business (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: There is also the Teamwork report that will be used as a template for national roll-out. When will those two reports be discussed in the Chamber?

Order of Business (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Will the Taoiseach establish——

Food Labelling. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I appreciate the efforts being made in this area but much more must be done, especially in the poultry sector. In recent weeks we saw the closure of Castlemahon Foods and many other poultry businesses are under pressure. Poultry farmers are not achieving the returns of the past, partly due to an enormous increase in unjustified costs. How much longer will it be before the problems in the...

Food Labelling. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I agree with the Minister of State on that.

Direct Payment Schemes. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I agree it is outrageous.

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her plans to deal with milk quota; if she is committed to it in the long term; the advice she would offer to a young farmer regarding investing in milk quota and related housing and milking facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33029/06]

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: I thank the Minister for that long answer but it does not change the fact the milk quota situation is a total mess. One only has to think back to what happened last spring when the Minister announced the previous restructuring scheme on a Friday and the following day announced a new scheme whereby quota would be sold through marts, auctioneers and so on. Immediately, the Irish Farmers'...

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: We know that.

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: The situation with ring-fencing is clear. It is obvious a farmer in Cavan or Monaghan supplying Glanbia can sell milk to Waterford or anywhere else.

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Ring-fencing by no means safeguards the poor areas. Second, why did the Minister change the structures of the new support package so that there is a limit to the amount of money a group can spend on the new restructuring of dairies? For example, in the northern part of the country, there was a hope to move towards cheese units or otherwise. To introduce a change midway through the system...

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: We can read.

Milk Quota. (17 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Were they taken to heel?

Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (12 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will change the regulations that will allow purebred cattle to be exported through Rosslare and Dún Laoghaire in the same way as horses can be transported; her views on whether it is unreasonable that animals have to be brought from the deep south, up through Belfast and Larne to Stranraer across through Scotland and all the...

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (12 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will give recognition to a centre (details supplied) for Monaghan Vocational Education Committee; her view on whether this is a much used centre giving valuable opportunities to thousands of young people; if she will give permission to the VEC to purchase the site from Coillte to allow it plan and commit for the future; and...

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: When will the sale of alcohol Bill be brought before the House to allow us discuss the ongoing problems in that area? The fines Bill is on the pink sheets. We were promised a Bill on the enforcement of fines between 12 and 18 months ago, yet gardaí are still out collecting fines.

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (11 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the damage to Ireland's national competitiveness caused by rising energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31906/06]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (11 Oct 2006)

Seymour Crawford: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if further progress has been made in changing the BSE testing for cattle up to 36 months; and her views on whether this is causing difficulty for many of the high quality cattle fatteners; her further views on whether these cattle are going into the same market at the same price yet discounted to the farmer producer; and if she will...