Results 61-80 of 939 for speaker:Noel Treacy
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)
Noel Treacy: I never described them as such.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: I listened to a fair bit of it from Deputy Creed.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: I support the amendment that has been moved by the Minister, Deputy Smith. As public representatives and legislators, we have the responsibility and privilege of representing the people in this House. It is important that we do not mislead communities throughout the country.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: In particular, we should not mislead the farming organisations. I commend and salute the outstanding leadership capacity that has been shown by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food since he took office. Deputy Smith is an outstanding Minister. He showed his negotiating skills when he got this scheme agreed at Council of Ministers level.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: He got the Commissioner to change various schemes. He showed flexibility when it was needed by Irish farmers. He secured early payments to assist farmers who needed cash at particular times. We have brought forward the single farm payments. We have delivered them. We are continuing to make payments. This scheme represents an investment of over â¬500 million in rural and agriculture...
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: When that was done some years ago, before Ireland joined the European Union, it nearly bankrupted the country. When Fianna Fáil came into government in 1987, this country's debt represented 120% of its gross domestic product.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Deputy Creed is a young man. It is important for him to understand the reality of the facts.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Fine Gael abolished the Irish Land Commission. It left farmers with serious annuity arrears. It almost bankrupted the farmers who were unable to pay for expensive land. It did not deal with the matter when it was leaving office.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Sit down, Deputy McEntee. Do not be annoying and interrupting me.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: We had to come into office to abolish the annuities and give fair play to the farmers.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Fine Gael suspended the farm modernisation scheme.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: It then abolished the scheme.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Fine Gael caused Irish farmers to lose a huge amount of money when it suspended the farm modernisation scheme.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: We had to come back into office and renegotiate it.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Can the Chair protect my rights in this House?
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: I am telling the truth.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: When Fine Gael was in office, the super levy was challenged.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: Fine Gael told the farmers of Ireland that it was nervous about the situation. It agreed a super levy and imposed it on Irish farmers.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: It almost put the farmers out of business again. What did Fine Gael do the last time it was in office, with the Labour Party? It put a preservation order on this country's bogs. You denied farmers the right to cut turf. Now you are trying to change that again.
- Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)
Noel Treacy: They started it.