Results 121-140 of 186 for speaker:Peter Callanan

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

Peter Callanan: That will not be given.

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: 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: 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: Committee Stage. (14 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: We should appreciate legislation which removes pre-1922 legislation.

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

Peter Callanan: I raised that issue in the Second Stage debate on this Bill. I understood the Minister to say in reply that once the process is initiated by the person's solicitor, or whoever is acting on his or her behalf, that would be adequate and it would move forward from there. I am concerned by Senator Coonan's suggested closing date of 31 January 2006. In some cases one may not be able to come within...

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: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: The Minister is doing well herself.

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: I do not have to welcome the Minister to the House as Senator Coonan has done such an excellent job on behalf of us all. Perhaps I should say nothing more because he has been so excellent in his presentation. He left little for anybody to say to the Minister, in glowing terms or otherwise, but perhaps I should add my tuppence worth Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate her on her...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: Not yet. We will put the words together. The Minister and I served on the committee together and I am fully aware of her knowledge of, interest in and commitment to agriculture. I welcome this, as I am sure does the farming community. For example, we noted the warm and genuine welcome extended to her at the National Ploughing Championships by both the farming organisations and farmers in...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: Yes. We understand that and from where it came. Senator Coonan made an excellent presentation and we will take an interest in some of his proposed amendments. In an IFA statement made when the Bill was announced, Padraic Devilly welcomed the writing off of the Land Commission annuities of €200 or less for the 4,200 farmers in question. He was very pleased with this. He also stated there...

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Statements (Resumed). (30 Sep 2004)

Peter Callanan: I join with others who have welcomed the Minister of State, Deputy de Valera, to the House and congratulate her on her continuing role in Government. It is somewhat ironic, given that it is Deputy de Valera who is here, that in discussing a Seanad reform document, the production of which took much time and effort by many people, we are discussing proposals to change a Seanad set up by her...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (29 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I am delighted to see the Minister of State in the House and welcome the speedy and successful resolution he has brought to this Bill, including grammatical corrections and dates which are important to the future. I thank the Minister of State and my colleagues.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: The sooner the better.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I watch what happens on the ground.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: Can we have an extension of time?

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: They are against cattle exports, nitrates and the CAP.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and giving detailed responses to the many and varied questions raised. I thank the Opposition for a good debate and recognise that an extension of time by the Government Whip allowed the debate to be concluded.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: I have not read out much of it yet and somebody will give out to me today. The arrangements made are good. Let us accept them, move forward together in promoting agriculture as a sustainable way of life, cut out the negativity and state clearly that there is room in agriculture for production. Agriculture is a tough way of life. I am older than Senator John Paul Phelan, probably the oldest...