Results 81-100 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank Mr. Cromie and Mr. Coughlan for coming before the committee. I found our previous meeting with them very informative. I will go over some of the issues raised by Deputy Fitzmaurice. I am participating in the scheme, and last year I bought 16 heifers as replacements before the scheme was introduced. They happened to be Black Angus, which is an Angus and Hereford cross, and when I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: So I was lucky.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: My question related to the follow-on when that animal is crossed with a continental animal, such as a Limousin or a Charolais. If a bull that has five stars on both traits - maternal and paternal - is crossed with a five-star heifer or cow, what is the progeny going to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I know, but I am trying to tease this out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Which trait is the most important one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I also asked about exported animals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: To follow on from my point that the progeny of a five-star bull and five-star heifer should be five stars, which point was raised by Deputy Fitzmaurice and the Chairman, the delegates stated during our previous meeting with them that if one bought a five-star bull, it would retain its five-star rating. Is that not true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Therefore, a five-star cow will continue to be a five-star cow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: For the purpose of the scheme. Therefore, progeny from five-star cows are five-star animals. With regard to genotyping, how many progeny must one see data on before one can actually change a rating? A heifer or cow that has had its first calf may have been ill, which would have consequences. Of the 27,000 or 29,000 herds that have been entered into the scheme, how many are now compliant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: That is part of the question I asked, which was not answered. How many progeny need to be tested before one can get an accurate picture of the genotype?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I mean for an individual cow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the officials. Deputy Fitzmaurice has dealt with all of the issues they raised. In their submission to the committee they stated that the Organic Farmers Representative Body is an umbrella organisation. They have dealt with the four issues it raised that were of concern to it. I would not dismiss its concerns and the issues it raised. The officials have dealt with the new organic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The average household income in Austria compared with Ireland explains why the rate is 14% to 16%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The average herd size is approximately 25.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Reference was made to "livestock". Is that bovine livestock? The sheep flocks look very small.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I am sorry; I missed that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (12 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. It relates to TAMS II and my inquiry is about the rates of inspections in that scheme. It is all about the timescale and getting work done before the winter and the spring time work. The TAMS II scheme was launched by the Government during the summer. It is a €170 million investment, which is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (12 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I note his point that it is not the inspections but all of the forms that must be examined which are causing the delays. I know that he will work as closely as possible with departmental officials to ensure this is done in the short term. With the winter setting in, dairy farmers are looking to get new dairies and other buildings...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Pat O'Neill: We do not own Bank of Ireland.