Results 201-220 of 595 for speaker:William Aird
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: At the end of the day, they would have nothing now only a load of pulp. That is what the ash dieback has done to any of the trees that I see around me. I do not know the Minister of State can convince anybody that any money that was mentioned here today would satisfy them. There is no answer whatever for the poor unfortunate people who planted ash in good faith thinking they were doing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: Sorry, I am going back now to what I want to talk about
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: This is on forestry. I want the Minister of State, the Minister and the Department of the environment to sit down and look at some little case. The Minister of State has said “No” all day here-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: Take trees on the side of the road. It costs anything up to €2,000 or €3,000 to remove a tree once you have closed down the road, put up the safety signs, given notice to the local authority and it comes out and looks at it and signs it off. It is impossible. I know a man with three trees dead. He has 11 acres of land and it just happens to be on the road. It will cost him...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: I wanted to check that with the Minister of State. How can Ireland’s forestry licence system be updated to ensure on-time approvals while maintaining environmental standards? This is the one that I was getting back the whole time. It is a fair question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: Ah, do not start.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: No, no.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: That is fair enough. Would the Minister of State say it would stand up with suckler farming, dairy farming, sheep farming or anything else? Is that what the Minister of State is telling me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: He just said, though, that it would stand up. He is saying everything that happened is a good idea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: I am asking the Minister of State now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: He will not say it will stand up. A Chathaoirligh, I have to ask more-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: The Minister of State will not say it here now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: I asked him a question. Is the answer "Yes" or "No"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: Is it "Yes" or "No"? Go on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: Is it "Yes" or "No"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: A Chathaoirligh, the Minister of State is wasting my time. Hold on. I am asking again. How can-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: No, I am going to ask the question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: How can Ireland's forestry licensing system-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: -----be updated to ensure on-time approvals while maintaining environmental standards? Could someone answer that question very quickly for me because I have four more?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)
William Aird: No, it is to ensure on-time approvals while maintaining the environmental standards. The Minister of State knows what I am talking about and he knows what people are saying to us.