Results 161-180 of 186 for speaker:Peter Callanan

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: Speech.

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

Peter Callanan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Aylward, to the House, and thank the Minister, Deputy Joe Walsh, who has had to leave. We last spoke on agriculture on 2 July when we had a very constructive debate on the outcome of the mid-term review negotiations. There was all-round general consensus that the outcome was good under the circumstances. Both...

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

Peter Callanan: It is a fact.

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

Peter Callanan: I note from Senator Bradford's smile that he agrees with me.

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. (5 Nov 2003)

Peter Callanan: The Senator was never there.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Oct 2003)

Peter Callanan: I commend the Minister for Agriculture and Food on his decision on decoupling having engaged in extensive consultations. Accordingly, I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister to come into the House so we can have a debate on the matter in the next week or two before all the i's are dotted and t's crossed.

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Peter Callanan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Joe Walsh, and congratulate him, his ministerial colleagues and departmental staff on representing Ireland so ably when they wore the green jersey in the mid-term review negotiations which were far-reaching and during which something could have gone wrong. I compliment the Minister for doing so well as captain of the team wearing the green jersey and achieving...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Peter Callanan: —the Minister did the same. The Opposition will say that I have to compliment the Minister but some logic and sense would do no harm in this debate. Certain farm leaders are once again reverting to their predictable whingeing. More than 20 of them were in Luxembourg holding a watching brief in the press bar while the Minister was conducting the negotiations. When the going got tough and the...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Peter Callanan: He was devoid of the facts. How could he have the facts when the Council of Ministers negotiated in restricted session from 3 a.m. onwards? What does the package contain? The reforms will completely change the way the EU supports the farming sector. The new CAP will be geared towards consumers and taxpayers while giving EU farmers the freedom to produce what the market wants. That is what we...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Peter Callanan: They need it.

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements. (2 Jul 2003)

Peter Callanan: Ivan Yates sat on a high stool.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 May 2003)

Peter Callanan: I thought it was Senator Brian Hayes.

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Peter Callanan: I had no intention of speaking in this debate.

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Peter Callanan: However, I have listened to the debate and the Minister, Deputy Martin. Cancer and I lived together for a while and I had three attacks. When I look back at my time as a patient and when I see the huge investment and strides made in general care for cancer, I acknowledge a number of facts. I am glad Senator Cummins said this issue was above politics because I commend Deputy Michael Noonan for...

Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)

Peter Callanan: I move: That Seanad Éireann recognises the huge importance of the Fischler proposals for Ireland, notes with approval the stated intention of the Minister for Agriculture and Food to defend Ireland's position vis-à-vis these proposals and requests him to lay out these proposals and his responses to them to the Seanad. I wish to extend our congratulations to the Minister, Deputy Joe Walsh,...