Results 21-40 of 186 for speaker:Peter Callanan

Seanad: Direct Payments Decoupling: Statements. (11 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: We discuss matters and are still on talking terms. I am delighted to see that the Minister, Deputy Joe Walsh, has also secured a favourable outcome for the special beef premium overshoot, which will be worth some €8 million to our farmers annually. The Minister has brought forward a package of measures that will safeguard the whole Irish agriculture industry in future, making it more...

Seanad: Direct Payments Decoupling: Statements. (11 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: The Senator welcomes my advice.

Seanad: Direct Payments Decoupling: Statements. (11 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: The Senator is dead right. The Taoiseach and the Government are running the country very well. The Department of Agriculture and Food, along with the Minister and the Ministers of State at that Department, are doing a fine job in the agriculture sector. I congratulate the Ministers and the departmental officials. It is important that we do not speak in tones of doom and gloom, as it is...

Seanad: Direct Payments Decoupling: Statements. (11 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: It would be an awful shame if young farmers were discouraged by the words of those who should know better. I ask farming leaders, in particular, as well as people in public life, to recognise that there is a role in rural areas for young people who are considering farming as a career. They can be well-prepared by the courses offered by the agricultural colleges, which have a legacy of success...

Seanad: Direct Payments Decoupling: Statements. (11 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: On behalf of Seanad Éireann and the Members present who took part in the debate, I thank the Minister for coming to the House and for the presentation he made. I thank him in particular for his clarification of the points raised, which we know will be debated further.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: There is no row.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: There is no row.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: Speech.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2003)

Peter Callanan: Including by Senator McCarthy.

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)

Peter Callanan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Walsh, to the House. I wish him well in chairing the Agriculture Council of the EU, and various subsidiary bodies, in the coming months. The Minister has an important national and international role to fulfil and it is appropriate that Members wish him well in this. The amalgamation is not a criticism of the operations or staff of An Bord Glas. It compliments...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)

Peter Callanan: The EU organic farming sector has been developing during the past 20 years but in particular during the 1990s. In the 15 states of the EU, farmers in 150,000 holdings are farming organically. The figures for 2000 show that 3.8 million hectares are in organic production, which represents approximately 3% of the total utilised agricultural land. Austria and Italy lead with 8% of agricultural...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 Feb 2004)

Peter Callanan: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming to the House and dealing with the Bill expeditiously and genuinely understanding the comments of members of the Opposition.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I join Senator John Phelan in welcoming the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Aylward. I wish the Minister of State well in forthcoming events on 11 June as he would be a good representative. It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate on agriculture. We know the success of this and the last Government relative to managing agriculture at European level and...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: That is a debate for another day. We shall put that issue to bed. All these issues were ignored. The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Joe Walsh, has been abroad since Sunday evening with his officials trying to make some sense of the live cattle trade. I invite the Senator to raise the matter with his Green Party colleagues with whom his party wants to go to bed. There was strenuous...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: We await with bated breath the conversion——

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I have dealt with the live export issue. It is important to have a live export trade. Nobody will deny that except those few people who pretend to represent Irish people. They are equally and more vehemently involved in the nitrates directive. It is very important to have good relations with that grouping. They are anti-farmer and anti-agricultural production as we know it in this country. It...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I have my own views on the nitrates directive and perhaps I am starting where I should be finishing, but it is an important issue. It may not be known in this House but in 1991, Cork County Council southern committee engaged in experimental trials with anaerobic digestion as a method of waste management. It was and is a success story and I have a copy of the report with me. It clearly shows...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: That is something I would never wish to do. I do not mind discussing it with them——

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: If the Senator is being swallowed up by the Green Party or the democratic alliance——

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I have not yet started my script. I was happy to mention those issues. I ask the Minister and the Department, Government and Opposition to examine them together. A way forward must be found or heaven help us. There is a possibility of user exploitation of our land both in Ireland and in Europe for the benefit of mankind and land is for the benefit of mankind. I have nine pages of script left.