Cogan, Patrick

Wednesday, 21 November 1956

Seanad Éireann Debate
Vol. 46 No. 12

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Flour and Wheatenmeal Bill, 1956—Second Stage.

I think all Senators are agreed that any measure calculated to improve the quality of our bread and bread grist will have the support of the House. This Bill does enable a Minister to make all the ne...More Button

If bread is outside the scope of this Bill, I will not refer to it further. I assume that, apart from the price of bread, it may be possible that it is under this Bill that the Minister regulates the...More Button

The date was June 1947.More Button

It is the Minister's duty to ensure a higher quality production and, notwithstanding the stated opinion of one of the Minister's colleagues, I believe it is possible to produce first class flour and f...More Button

Along with the Minister who raised it.More Button

Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Bill, 1956—Second Stage (Resumed).

Unlike Senator Sheehy Skeffington, I am not over-enthusiastic about the creation of boards and more boards. I think it was the late Tim Healy who said that there were already enough boards in existen...More Button

They certainly have proved efficient and I think they have enormously improved the quality and the standard of the milk, certainly in the Dublin City area.More Button

I do not like to answer that question, as I am not exactly sure of the constitution of the Milk Board at the moment. I thought there was such representation. Anyhow, they have done very useful work....More Button

It would be greater than could possibly exist on a farm, but I doubt if there would be the variety. Anyhow, I am not against either the principle of this Bill in general or the principle that fairly s...More Button

I submit, Sir, it is open to me to suggest that the effect of this Bill will be to increase the cost of production to the producers generally. That is not something which can be contested, and while I...More Button

Of milk.More Button

Our feeling in Leinster is that we are in danger of saturation. I should like to see more and more outlets for milk consumption and I should like to see those outlets supplied as efficiently as possib...More Button

The premises in which the bottling is carried out, the bottles and everything connected with the bottling process must be clean and it would be better not to have this process carried out at all, if i...More Button


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