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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1978-10-26/4/
26 Oct 1978 - it was first introduced by Deputy Clinton and now further amended by the Minister for Agriculture... detestation for all legislation introduced by Fine Gael Ministers for Agriculture. When the last Bill... to agriculture whereby it is advanced that the development of agricultural research must be divorced from... that view either in relation to manufacturing industry. Regrettably, this Bill, in its initial passage when.... If agricultural research is to advance in an integrated and effective way, it must have a very positive link
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1952-11-26/49/
26 Nov 1952 - Mr. Keane I am convinced that in connection with the Labour Party amendment on the Committee...' and the employees' point of view, Saturday is the most convenient day for agricultural workers to get the half.... It is only in the cities where wholesale merchants are concerned. The agricultural worker is paid... there is a Shops Act under which shops are shut at a certain time—an agricultural worker will have.... The Minister, out of pure cussedness, decided to pin-point Wednesday. The Minister for Agriculture
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1931-07-08/36/
8 Jul 1931 - in this particular way. The principle that existed from the initiation of the agricultural grant... and not related to the position with regard to agricultural land in the country generally. That is the principle... oppose these amendments, apart altogether from the great difficulty of applying in any reasonable way..., in any reasonable period of time, the changes that all this will bring about, if it were possible to work the second amendment at all.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1962-06-13/82/
13 Jun 1962 - but that he had to come in here today with a radical amendment of his Finance Bill in order to give... Mr. S. Collins I look upon the Finance Bill, rightly or wrongly, as a kind of final opportunity... suspicions have been amply confirmed in the Finance Bill now before the House. This Bill is certainly... farmers, at the gross robbery inherent in the levy. I warn the Minister this Bill will not carry him very... far. I remember the present Minister for Agriculture, and the boys behind him, laughing and joking
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1950-07-14/19/
14 Jul 1950 - to the Oireachtas to amend this Bill in the sense suggested by the amendment on the paper now in Deputy... Mr. Dillon I would be grateful if Deputy Dunne would see his way to withdraw the amendment... of agricultural workers with those of industrial workers. To do that is to fall into a fundamental... whence he goes home, while for most agricultural workers the place where he works is whither he goes... home. Most agricultural workers have small farms of their own and when they engage on their normal
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1990-12-06/4/
6 Dec 1990 - ) (Amendment) Bill and the Companies Bill. We will have the Independent Group's motion in Private Members... debate on the Companies Bill and he asked what was the approximate plan of programme for next week...' time. The following week we will have other legislation and the Companies Bill. We hope to have... on the Appropriation Bill which must be passed before the end of December. Senator Upton asked for a debate on fuel... I have noted. Senator Ross referred to the Companies Bill and he asked questions about Northern
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-02-14/68/
14 Feb 1951 - be now read a Second Time. This Bill provides that the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1946...; this Bill merely proposes to continue the agricultural grant on its present basis for a further... Bill. The principle that the incidence of rating should fall less heavily on agricultural land than... Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Corish) I move that the Bill... on the lines of the present Bill have continued it in operation until the 31st March, 1951. I am sure
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-08-01/10/
1 Aug 1933 - Mr. Everett I beg to move amendment 128:— Before Section 29 to insert a new section as follows... a reduction of wages for the agricultural worker. In many cases, where there are large estates... a considerable amount of tillage. I am sure this amendment will meet with the approval of all... sections in the House. The amendment merely seeks to grant tenants of labourers' cottages additional... with agricultural work and this will enable them to pay their rents and educate their children. If there are any
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1976-03-09/42/
9 Mar 1976 - Mr. R. Ryan I move amendment No. 4: In page 19, subsection (2), line 14, to delete "In so far... or inheritance". These amendments are designed to afford relief to timber comprised in a gift... are agricultural property and if comprised in a gift or inheritance taken by a person who satisfies... the requirements of the definition of a farmer, such trees and underwood may be valued at their agricultural... is permissible, but it appeared that the concession made to agriculture and forestry in section 19 may
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1988-06-01/10/
1 Jun 1988 - that, in 1987, 5,000 young farmers availed of the different type of agriculture courses which I mentioned... of the agricultural and research body, those numbers will drop dramatically. Perhaps in his reply... to recognise the fact that the only agricultural education available at present, apart from university... degrees in agriculture, is the education available from the different agricultural colleges...-sighted saving and the agricultural industry as a whole will lose as a result in the years ahead. Senator
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1944-12-07/4/
7 Dec 1944 - in an amendment to the Bill on Committee Stage. I should, however, very much prefer the Minister... Mr. Counihan I approve the Bill as far as it goes but I am surprised that in this Bill, which... is to amend the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, the question of compensation for animals affected... by a vet with whom I discussed the matter that the Department of Agriculture will not allow the full value... to look into the matter and draft the amendment with the assistance of his experts. They know better
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1949-07-07/3/
7 Jul 1949 - Drainage Bill was passing through the House, as Senator O'Reilly reminded us, an amendment was put... Mrs. Concannon I should like to say a few words on this Bill because it means so much... forward by Senator O'Dea, which has been enlarged on in this Bill, to empower county councils to undertake... greater evils. I supported that amendment, but it was then pointed out, and, as Senator O'Reilly... and the schemes proposed in this Bill go far beyond any sort of emergency powers such as were asked
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-12-01/48/
1 Dec 1943 - Dr. Ryan I move amendment No. 6:— In sub-section (3), page 3— (a) in line 27, to delete... of agriculture" and substitute the word "his". When this issue was raised Deputy Hughes referred to it. I am... to be a member of the county committee of agriculture and was asked by the county council to go... is asked to go on the county committee of agriculture. It may be in the middle of the hatching... benefit that might accrue to the station for that particular year. If the amendment were to be accepted
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1978-10-26/4/
26 Oct 1978 - agricultural and advisory services known under the previous Bill as the National Agricultural Authority... their opposition to the proposed Bill. They hoped the Minister would introduce amendments which would... Commission but county committees of agriculture had power to appoint temporary staff. Under this Bill... Mr. Taylor Unlike the last speaker I cannot say that I welcome this Bill because the Minister... Bill brought together under the one umbrella. The present Minister is now removing from that structure
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-12-01/48/
1 Dec 1943 - Mr. Corry I move amendment No. 1:— In sub-section (1), line 15, after the word "locomotion..." to insert the words "and subsistence". My reasons for this amendment were given by me on the Second... of a committee of agriculture should be experienced agriculturists, and we do not want to have men travelling.... Therefore I think it is reasonable that they should be allowed subsistence allowance and that is why I move the amendment.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1987-09-30/7/
30 Sep 1987 - Mr. Hogan I support Senator Ferris's amendment which was tabled because of the worries... Hussey, a former Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, gave the best reason why... the Minister should agree with the amendment before us, that the officials of the Department had costed... an investigation of the level of activity in the trade. If those figures are correct the Minister should not have any difficulty in accepting the amendment.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1944-01-26/2/
26 Jan 1944 - of agriculture, like other subsidiary bodies, remained in office from 1934 to 1942. If some committee... that Senators might pay more attention to the wording of the Bill, instead of making speeches for political... committee of agriculture refused to allow its accounts to be audited over a year or two years..., nothing could be done about it. There was an election of county councils in 1934, and these committees... removed. But the position is very democratic. If a committee of agriculture refuses, under some
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1967-06-21/3/
21 Jun 1967 - will it be in any amending Bill going through this House or the other House. The county council have been... Mr. Blaney The fact of the matter is that there were no amendments proposed by the Opposition... bodies. Now, the same people who had that opportunity at that time to propose amendments to give..., and will continue to be, the selectors of the committee of agriculture. At the moment they have... to the county committee of agriculture, except one member who must be a councillor, as outsiders
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1956-05-30/7/
30 May 1956 - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. O. Flanagan) As Senators will have... gathered from the explanatory memorandum circulated with this Bill, the measure is intended... to facilitate the enactment of a Fisheries (Consolidation) Bill and it may be appropriate to recall... at this stage how the process of consolidation now stands. The Consolidation Bill as introduced in 1952... was in March 1953 referred by both Houses to the Standing Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-03-06/3/
6 Mar 1991 - with the Minister for Agriculture and Food. Lest there be any doubt, there are in this legislation provisions... which guarantee that the Minister for Agriculture and Food of the day, through the special share... has been enshrined in legislation. That is my purpose. If the Deputy presses his amendment he
