Murphy, Michael PatTuesday, 30 November 1971 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Committee on Finance. - Vote 37: Agriculture.
As a person who has been 20 years in this House, I should like to say a few words about procedure and this is an appropriate time to do so. The system used by the House to transact business is deplor...
It is no harm to drive that point home. There are a number of Deputies whose financial circumstances enable them to do this from their own resources. This applies to every Estimate. I have said thi...
Nor in Cavan either. Such farms are exceptionally scarce. I read two years ago that the Community were very anxious to cut down on agricultural products. They considered then that they were overstock...
They think the fattening qualities of milk are not suitable. There was a subvention to farmers of £80 per cow. Two years ago the official policy was to get rid of at least three million cows within f...
On the occasion of the visit I have mentioned I asked an Italian member of the Commission who deals with such questions whether the system of weekly subventions would be allowed in Common Market condi...
The statement I have in mind says that the West of Ireland is relatively too heavily populated.
That, then, is the viewpoint of the Commission. I believe the Minister for Foreign Affairs is cooking the whole thing before he hands it out and that the burnt dishes are not being given out at all....
—hamlets. That is a very bleak position so far as obtaining alternative employment for the many small men—I mean small in resources so far as farming is concerned; they are possibly some of our bigge...
I know. For whatever reason, the appendix is missing. Small country though we are, and with our very limited population, we are not bad customers at all for a number of countries all over the world....
Of course, he has to do with it.
Is the Minister not part of the Government? We have this talk about twopence a gallon on milk. That is the calculation at least. This is couched in such terms that it is not quite clear. I think th...
In southern Ireland the milk cheque is the main income.
It is also true that in many of our farms the milk cheque is never seen. So far as the farmers are concerned it is invisible because goods purchased during the winter months, when the milk cheques ar...
Dunmanway. That was the official announcement. There was nothing wrong with it. I accepted that the statement was factual. Now the Minister is worried about having too many bacon factories and it ...
It is a big problem. The herd of a farmer is locked up. I know that people have to go to hospital. It is a great handicap. It is amazing that the prognostications of years ago have not materialised...
In this respect a good deal rests with the farmers themselves. I believe in the State giving them help and advice but, after that, they must look after themselves and make their own contributions to ...
Such a committee could discuss the pros and cons of the various policies. The public may say that they are entitled to know what goes on, but very often, at committee level, there can be a more concl...
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