Results 1-20 of 95 for going forward speaker:Paul Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ...surprised if other member states did not have the same problem with this as there are far bigger countries. When speaking to Senator Boyhan, the witnesses elaborated to an extent on the process going forward but I would like them to speak more on it. I know they cannot tell me definitively but this is not Mr. Blake's first rodeo. How successful have we been in similar situations in...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ...the Minister, Deputy Burke, who will have ten minutes to speak, it gives me great pleasure to welcome him in his role as a full Minister. As a former Westmeath County Council colleague, he and I go back a long way in politics. It was not by design but it is brilliant that I actually happen to be in the Chair when he comes in for his first engagement here. I sincerely congratulate him on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: I welcome Ms Jupp and congratulate her on her appointment. I wish her the best of luck going forward. On the basis of her opening statement, climate seems to be the buzzword, with the role Coillte has in driving our climate targets and ambitions. With that in mind, the entire forestry sector has been sold as the silver bullet for us to reach many of our targets. It is way off the mark....

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ...and factually on the matters at hand. It certainly portrays the fact he is on his brief that he is able to come the House and address the issues so comprehensively ad lib, without referring to notes. Going back to the start, this debate will most likely be dominated by the current crisis, which is the weather, climate and the spell of rain we have had ongoing since 1 July last year. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: If the Chair does not mind, I have one more question. In this whole debate, the study we are doing is to put a report together with regard to the derogation going forward. At what point of the discussion does food security come into play? We have the farmer side and we have the witnesses’ side. Leaving the fact that both sides have a serious and vested interest, Joe Public is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: ...Tirlán is fronting a water-quality project in the Slaney catchment area in collaboration with Teagasc and the local authority water programme of Carlow, Wicklow and Wexford. Is that the road to go? The processing industry has as much to lose here as anybody if this goes the wrong way. Should it have a greater role to play? Is that a good initiative? Will it work? Should there be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: ...farmers, or dairy farmers - many people think this is a dairy farmer issue - it has serious implications for all the other sectors. We went through those in the earlier session. We will not go over them again. The processing, Ireland Inc., the industry, the jobs and the amount of investment that has been put into stainless steel and so on will suffer if we do not have milk. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: ...Mr. Gorman and, indeed, in her absence - we will know doubt meet her in due course - Ms Alice Doyle on her election as vice president. I wish them both the very best in their tenure. I look forward to crossing swords on numerous occasions going forward. As Mr. Gorman knows, officials from the Department are appearing before the committee after this session so from my perspective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ...sheep sector was one that was very dependent on the UK market. With the UK market opening up to New Zealand and Australia, a clear correlation can be seen as to how Brexit would affect the sheep trade going forward and yet it did not qualify. Mr. Conroy might give the committee an explanation on that one. The initial impact of Brexit and sterling affected the mushroom sector. It got a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ..., including the national beef welfare scheme, the national dairy beef welfare scheme, and the genotype programme, based on the fact the BAR funding is now complete, and what their status is going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: There is a reason I am asking the question. Does Mr. Duggan think that the current situation and the goings-on in the board might have an effect on the teams in the future unless things are sorted out shortly? The ground work for the France games is done, and we are in a good position going into them. I am just using the Olympic teams as an example. We have international competitors in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Invasive Species Policy (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ...the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, and thank him for taking time out of his very busy schedule to deal with this issue on behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Noonan. As everybody may be aware, the mink, a member of the weasel family, is not natural to Ireland but was imported in the 1950s as part of a commercial fur...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Response to Ash Dieback: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: There are no further contributors. From my point of view, having heard the deliberations all evening, I go back to the outset, when I welcomed the witnesses' welcoming of the review. On your final contribution, Mr. White, not to finish on a negative note, it was a long, hard journey to get here, a journey that should never have to have been made. The LTWO was given a torrid time during all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: The submission referred to the growing medium issue and how the changes in respect of peat are affecting the sector. I ask Mr. McCormack to comment on gene editing going forward. I am not asking about genetically modified organisms, GMOs but, rather, CRISPR gene editing, which would be a big help in eliminating pesticides and herbicides. Has the IFA gone down that route or done research on...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: ...probably prioritise the livestock and crop side of things more whereas Senator Boylan has led from the front on dogs and animal welfare. She initiated a number of our hearings, which resulted in a good report that was published in 2022 and is available for anyone to read. I compliment the Senator on bringing the Bill to this point and the amount of work she has put into it. That said,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: ...the outcome might be. I want to talk about all of the licence applications that are in the system that were blocked and it in for a long time because of the historical licence issue. When the Government announced that there would be a new programme of grants, some people decided to wait for that new programme to begin. Has there been any survey done of the original licence applicants to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: ...criteria for funding but it is Government policy. Can the Government direct Enterprise Ireland to try to develop an area in which it sees a niche that may support agriculture and the sheep sector, going forward? It is in its infancy - there are not even ten people involved at the minute but it has potential. We do not export anything at the moment but there is unbelievable potential....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: ..., a delegation from this committee was in Brussels last week. It was evident for anyone who was there – all members were welcome to attend – that the Minister would be totally wasting his time going to Brussels. People demanding the Minister go to Brussels is pure semantics and tokenism. I am not saying that as a party colleague but rather as a member of the committee who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Paul Daly: ...of the IFA, I would be most interested in hearing from Mr. Herlihy, as a hydrogeologist who is the expert in the field, his reaction to what he heard this morning. Where does he think we are going forward, based on the tranche we had this morning on the famous report that has gone to the Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Paul Daly: ...longer. We have had the REAP scheme, ACRES, and the massive reduction in nitrogen last year due to price alone, never mind any other reason. If there is a worst-case scenario, however, and we do go to from 250 kg to 220 kg, and the results of all the actions that have been taken start manifesting themselves in 2024 and 2025, the narrative then will be that it was the reduction that...