Results 61-80 of 186 for speaker:Peter Callanan

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: The Senator is surely not suggesting a lovely lady like the Minister should be prosecuted.

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (20 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: I support the Minister for Agriculture and Food although I appreciate Senator Coonan's point. I have also read the IFA's submission. The Minister is correct about the value of land today in comparison to its value when the Land Commission stopped buying. At that time, land was valued at £1,500 per acre at most. In the years prior to that, land was acquired by the Land Commission for as...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (20 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: In the Tipperary newspapers last week it was reported that people were advised to pull out.

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (20 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and introducing the Bill. I thank her departmental officials also. The Minister dealt very fairly with the comments which were offered from all sides of the House. I thank Senators for contributing.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Nov 2004)

Peter Callanan: I join Senator Coonan in welcoming the Minister, Deputy Coughlan, to the Seanad to carry out the business of the State. I welcome the presentation of the Bill and I commend the Minister for bringing forward this important legislation. I commend her predecessor, the former Minister, Deputy Walsh, for the work he did in preparing the Bill, which has taken some time to produce. Given that it is...

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion. (26 Jan 2005)

Peter Callanan: Never.

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion. (26 Jan 2005)

Peter Callanan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: —acknowledges the tremendous contribution by the Irish sugar beet industry to the economic and social development of rural Ireland since 1926 —recognises the ongoing importance of the industry to Irish farming —notes the recent announcement by Greencore Group plc to consolidate sugar...

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion. (26 Jan 2005)

Peter Callanan: Greencore is a private company. While ownership of the sugar quota being produced has not yet been established, the fact is that if we commence with a defeatist attitude and state that the Minister will not be able to achieve anything in the negotiations as a result of the closure of Carlow, it will merely be a sign that we are throwing in the towel. If people say that the closure of Carlow...

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion. (26 Jan 2005)

Peter Callanan: That will not be given.

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2005)

Peter Callanan: Good man, Senator Bannon.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (27 Jan 2005)

Peter Callanan: I join in the tributes to the memory of the late Eileen Desmond who died recently. I was at the funeral. I was good friends with Eileen for many years. I served on Cork County Council with her and knew her as a political person as well as on a personal basis. I knew all her family and extended family. We lived in neighbouring parishes and when one lives in rural Ireland, everyone knows one...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Peter Callanan: Yesterday morning, many Senators spoke in anticipation of the apology to be offered by the British Prime Minister to the concerned families. I acknowledge the fact that he offered that apology and express appreciation for it. It is the first of many steps the British Prime Minister could take in regard to Ireland. For example, he could agree to participation in a proper public inquiry into...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Peter Callanan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: I support the Minister's proposal, with which we should agree. The Minister has spoken about someone who uses the service, probably from a rural area and perhaps with a farming background. I would like to see the broadest interpretation of animal welfare to be taken into consideration when making that appointment.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: Senator Coonan's proposal is embodied in section 16(1)(b), which supports the Senator's proposal in that it refers to one who "avails of veterinary services". If farming is not a practice, profession, trade or business, I do not know what the bloody hell it is. I am not finding fault with the Senator's proposal, I am stating that we all regard his proposal as embodied within section 16(1)(b).

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: I commend the Minister and her officials on this change. I can take some satisfaction from it as I appealed for common sense and a practical working approach during the Second Stage debate. As Senator Henry has stated, the work involved is spread over a relatively small number of people. I am especially glad that the Minister increased the figure to nine persons, as had been suggested.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: I acknowledge the substantial changes made in the section relative to veterinary nurses. It is a significant redrafting process which meets many of the submissions expressed on Second Stage. In my opinion it will be welcomed by everyone.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: Is that determined by the council?

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Peter Callanan: It is the function of the Veterinary Council to determine the suitability of premises and it is desirable that the certification from that body should be displayed at all times. I assume vets agree the original documentation should be so displayed on their premises. As Senator Coonan observed, there is always a risk in regard to copies.