Results 141-160 of 186 for speaker:Peter Callanan

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: We are coming.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: There is a Green Minister for Agriculture in Germany today.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: He is cool, calm and collected.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: Income aid payments from the European Union in the order of €127 million went to Galway in 2003.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: No.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements. (27 Apr 2004)

Peter Callanan: That will continue.

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.

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: 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: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2003)

Peter Callanan: Including by Senator McCarthy.

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.