Private Members Motion : Agriculture (24 May 2011)
Food Harvest 2020 outlines the potential future for Irish agriculture. It contains ambitious targets in relation to the dairy, beef, pig and sheep sectors. I have some reservations about what is happening and on how Irish farmers are to be facilitated to meet the targets to which I refer. A 50% increase in milk production […]
Dr Garret Fitzgerald, RIP
I want to express my sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the late Garret Fitzgerald. Ireland has today lost a great political leader and intellectual voice. Throughout 1970s and 19080s Dr Fitzgerald played a huge role in Irish politics at a time […]
Adjournment Debate : Local Authority Boundaries Wednesday, 18 May 2011
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this very important matter. I acknowledge that the Minister for the Environment Community and Local Government has seen fit to come in to answer the debate. Tonight I reiterate my opposition to a boundary extension into County Clare. There is no justifiable reason for […]