Results 19,841-19,860 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I am a little hard of hearing.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Those actions should have been taken five years ago.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: REPS farmers will be caught.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: The Minister should not mislead the House.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: REPS farmers are operating illegally.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Their plans are illegal, based on legislation enacted on 1 February.
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: They reduced their nitrogen by 1%. It is not being enforced.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I support the Minister on the issue of the â¬45 per hectare. It is wholly inadequate and if we are serious about this issue, we should put serious money into it because we are facing a significant bill in respect of carbon credits. Will the Minister comment on the plans, if any, she has to stimulate the use of sugar beet for the extraction of bioethanol? It is critically important we get...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: When did the Minister, Deputy Coughlan, meet the Minister of State?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: They could use woodchip.
- Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: On the issue of traceability, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland produced a report in 2004. We have been speaking about new legislation but in regard to existing legislation is the Minister of State concerned that one fifth of retail outlets in the trade do not meet the beef labelling regulations and, if so, what is the Department doing about it? Is the Minister of State concerned that the...
- Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: No, there has not.
- Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: No, there has not been a more recent report.
- Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I do not want to be left in a position where the Minister will leave the House. There has not been a moreââ
- Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Just to clarify for the information of the House, it is a 2004 report and no report has been completed since. In that report, which is the most recent since 2004, 42% of premises visited did not meet the existing labelling legislative requirements. In light of the fact that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland made that information available to the official agency with responsibility for...
- Food Labelling. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Since the 2004 reportââ
- Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Building Control Bill. This is an issue we all deal with on a daily basis. The area is a mess and cowboy builders give a bad name to everybody involved in the business. We regularly have to deal with situations where developers commence estates but never finish the job. The enforcement sections of the local authorities of which I have experience are...
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal entitlements to the â¬145 million sugar restructuring fund; the procedure for the relinquishing of sugar quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6242/06]
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: I congratulate the new Minister of State, Deputy Mary Wallace, and wish her the best of luck in her new position. I look forward to working with her. I now have two women to handle so it will be twice as difficult.
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Denis Naughten: Deputy Upton will be on my side in that case. The spokesperson for the Minister was quoted in The Irish Times last week as saying that specific percentages were left out of the â¬145 million for each of the stakeholders, including workers and Greencore. Can the Minister clarify that? Greencore is quoted last week as stating it has a clear legal entitlement to compensation under the â¬145...