Results 1-18 of 18 for destroyed speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Creed: ...all existing records relating to allegations of child sexual abuse; her views on the failure of the State to date to seize all existing records held by the religious order; the risk of evidence being destroyed; the assurances, if any, that she has received that this will not happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63962/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (29 May 2019)

Michael Creed: ...and free of disease and is checked for compliance by my Department before entry of the imported bees into Ireland. Consignments of bees that do not have a Health Certificate accompanying them are destroyed. It is important to note that bees may not be imported directly into Ireland from countries outside the EU.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wild Fires (21 May 2019)

Michael Creed: ..., Coillte as a commercial State Body.   As regards privately-owned forested areas planted with support from my Department, forest owners are requested to notify my Department as soon as possible if the forest is damaged or destroyed.  My Department has accordingly been notified of two cases where damage has been caused, in 2018, to privately-owned grant-aided forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: ...2012 in a forestry plantation in County Leitrim which had been planted in 2009 with trees imported from continental Europe. Shortly thereafter all the recently planted ash trees on that site were destroyed under Departmental supervision. The ash trees on another 10 sites where trees from the same batch of imported plants were planted out (approximately 33,000 plants in total) were also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Land Commission (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: ...is in discussions with Trinity College Dublin with a view to cooperating in its research project “Beyond 2022”. The project seeks to create a virtual archive, recreating records that were destroyed in the fire in the Public Record Office of Ireland at the Four Courts in 1922. Relevant records have been identified in the ILC. Under the Freedom of Information Acts, any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds Act Enforcement (8 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department actively seeks to enforce the provisions of the 1936 Noxious Weeds Act by issuing “Notices to Destroy” in all instances where it becomes aware of the presence of noxious weeds. To date this year 21 such notices have been issued. This reflects a comparable level to that reported in 2016. These notices are issued as a result of inspections...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1327, 1334, 1335 and 1367 together. My Department actively seeks to enforce the provisions of the 1936 Noxious Weeds Act by issuing “Notices to Destroy” in all instances where it becomes aware of the presence of noxious weeds. Some 21 such notices were issued in 2016 with a further 18 having been issued to date in 2017. These notices are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (27 Jun 2017)

Michael Creed: ...for both the forest owner and his/her Registered Forester/Registered Forestry Company. - The timeframe given in the notification letter, which currently requires a forest owner to remove and destroy the ash trees and undertake any related sanitation actions within 8 weeks of the date of the letter, has been revised to reflect the practicalities for both the forest owner and his/her...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (17 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: ...of the launch of the scheme, applicants were advised that payment would not issue until EU clearance under this regulation had been received.  The Block Exemption Regulation required the frost damage to have destroyed more than 30% of the average annual production and provided the basis for this scheme to be funded from national funds.  The scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (19 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: ...under Section 39 of the Act. The Regulations included a two year limit on the use of semen for artificial insemination following the death of a stud dog, thereafter any unused semen had to be destroyed. As a result of the operational difficulties in the implementation of certain provisions of the Artificial Insemination of Greyhound Regulations, 2005, Bord na gCon invited industry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: ...farm in Co. Monaghan tested positive for clenbuterol. Subsequently twenty-seven further animals on the holding, representing a portion of the overall herd, were found to have positive results and were destroyed. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is fully aware of this investigation and has concluded that there is no risk to public health arising thereof. I would emphasise that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service Data (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: ...taken from a farm in Co. Monaghan, tested positive for clenbuterol. Subsequently twenty-seven further animals on the holding, a portion of the overall herd, were found to have positive results and were destroyed. As an investigation is on-going, I am constrained from any further comment at this point. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is fully aware of this investigation and has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: ...are removed for destruction outside the food chain and compensation at market value is paid to the flock owner. A top up payment of €84 is also made to the flock owner for each breeding ewe destroyed, to take account of loss of future income.  This is paid when all affected sheep have left the holding and are destroyed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: ...There are minor relief works that can be very effective and cost relatively small amounts. I believe it did not cost more than €30,000 in respect of both villages. A house or business that is destroyed costs multiples of that amount, and there were several of them under feet of water in those villages. What is the position with minor works funding on an annual basis and ensuring...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2009)

Michael Creed: ...the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the forestry reconstitution grant; the consequences for individual forestry owners of failure to replant forestry land which has been destroyed due to fire; if he will correspond with all private forestry owners regarding the status of this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12039/09]

Written Answers — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (16 Dec 2008)

Michael Creed: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way pork products recalled from the market and those in storage which need to be destroyed will be disposed of; the amount this process is expected to cost; the timeframe during which disposal will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46264/08]

Fishing Industry: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Michael Creed: ...year. We calculated the loss from dumping non-quota fish over the side and it worked out at €250 per man on the last trip. When you are earning as little as these guys now are it must be soul destroying to look at that sort of money disappearing back over the side. This mismanagement of the quota is a disgrace. Ireland has the largest share of European waters yet has the smallest most...

Competitiveness of the Economy: Motion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)

Michael Creed: ...for Finance, Deputy Cowen, explaining to the House today how, in 12 short months, the surplus of €4 billion he presided over last year has become a €2 billion deficit. This development destroys the myth that he and the Government are competent in economic matters. We hear that the Government will borrow money. While I have no difficulty with borrowing for sound economic projects, I...