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Agriculture : Beef & Pigmeat Processing Fund
Due to the dreadful prices being experienced by farmers for their produce over the last number of years relative to input costs I wanted to try and find out how much the middleman is making, in this case the factories. Accounts and Margins are impossible to find, however the fact that qualification for this much […]
Food Retail
Dail Adjournment Debate Feb 18 2010 A Ceann Comharaile I have asked for this adjournment debate in the context of what it is that we have experienced both here in Ireland and indeed internationally in relation to the banking system. I heard today that Barclays bank is to pay €3.1Bn in bonuses on €13Bn profits […]
New Garda Appointment positive but high numbers leaving the force
Bell Harbour native John Kerin is to be appointed new Chief Superintendent for County Clare. This appointment had been held up unnecessarily by the government recruitment ban. Chief Superintendent Kerin worked in Clare for 8 years, and currently holds the top Garda position in County Kerry. I welcome the appointment, but there is an exodus of […]
Broadband in Newhall
Following representations from constituents, I have taken up the issue of lack of broadband provision with Minister for Communications, Eamon Ryan. I also want to challenge the delay in implementing the National Broadband Scheme. Like many other parts of Clare, Newhall has inadequate broadband cover. I have asked the Minister when the residents of the area […]
Clare Schools Budget Cutbacks
It was very hard to determine on Budget day what the true impact would be on our education system. Since then however all details have emerged. Minister Lenihen’s first budget was and is a direct attack on the old, the sick and the young. Tonight I take the opportunity to speak for the younger generation. […]
Gangland Crime Dail Speech
“The events of recent days – particularly the deaths of wholly innocent members of the public caught up in gangland conflict – have made it tragically clear that what has been achieved already must be built on so that we can protect our society from the dangers in our midst. A Government can have no […]