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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Deputy Ó Cuív has touched on the issue I want to raise. Did the Department put on the EU jersey as opposed to putting on the green jersey? Mr. McKiernan said he got legal advice. Was any approach made to Europe? We got extensions before for spreading slurry under exceptional circumstances. Was such a request made given the circumstances that the farmers had not burnt the land...

Seanad: Local Government Accountability Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Bill and compliment the proposer, seconder and those who brought it forward. I find it hard to believe that we are discussing the Bill today and that it needs to be put forward as a Private Members' Bill. I cannot believe it has not been passed and we need to discuss it at this stage. Section 237A of the Local Government Act 2001 refers to Oireachtas Members. The current...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Paul Daly: As a former teacher and a current member of my local school's board of management, I want to raise the removal of history and geography as core subjects for the junior cycle. This a regressive step. I am not going to stand here and be hypocritical as I stood here before looking for the inclusion of farm safety, along with other things. I know the logistical nightmare that is timetabling in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Mr. Healy has covered a lot in his summation of the first few questions. His presentation was excellent and one could not find fault with it, if one is in a commercial situation. I am from the northern half of the country. In the northern half of the country and the western seaboard we still have, and we always will have, small family holdings. Mr. Healy mentioned that for proper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and I would like if they could broaden out on some issues for my information because it is a new concept to me to be honest. I would like to know where the organisation base started from their point of view. Do they recruit members or are they just like minded people who came together? What long-term rules and regulations do they lay down to...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Daly: The training of young farmers is an issue that has come to my attention recently. We have had many debates on this and we have heard a lot of commentary about the loss of young people to the agriculture industry. There is an anomaly in the training of young farmers. The qualification a trained farmer receives is known as a green cert and this can be achieved in two different ways, either...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Daly: As other members have noted, the witnesses' presentation was more questions than answers and it is difficult to question questions. It might be more beneficial if we could questions ICBF and return to the breeders. For my own clarification, and perhaps playing devil's advocate to an extent, Deputy McConalogue raised something that was not referred to, namely whether the witnesses are here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the presentation and the presence of the delegation here this evening. They were here for the previous presentation. They will find I will not be any different to anyone else here in that my questions to them will be more related to the earlier presentation than that of Mr. Coughlan. I would like to hear answered some of the questions that were raised by the previous delegation...

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his deliberation. Unfortunately, successive Fine Gael-led Governments have allowed a two-tier recovery to develop. Growth is concentrated in a few hands in small parts of the country.Government decisions are, ultimately, damaging the attractiveness of living and working in rural areas. Seven years of Fine Gael Government has allowed a...

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: The Senator is confirming all my points by going back eight years to blame-----

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: We live out in the sticks.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: The Minister should stop personalising this.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Deputy Ó Cuív is not here.

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: The Minister is infatuated with the former Minister.

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Fianna Fáil will be supporting the motion and I commend Senator Grace O'Sullivan for the great work she has done on it. She must have devoted an enormous amount of time to drafting such a comprehensive motion, which is welcome. It is unfortunate that such a motion had to be tabled to stimulate the action that should already be under way at Government level. As an island nation, we...

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Do not stop her now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: University College Dublin (29 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Professor Evans in his reply hit on the area about which I was going to ask. I compliment him on his research work to date. What would he propose is the best procedure to filter that down to where it needs to be? While he is in consultation with Teagasc, what amount of his research, recommendations and proposals for the future are being incorporated into Teagasc training for the green...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Teagasc Courses (30 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank her for coming to deal with this issue this morning. I raise the issue of the need for the Minister to amend the age eligibility criteria for the green certificate core training course for young farmers. As we are aware, the green certificate is the qualification for young farmers. It is a necessary qualification for many reasons. Not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Teagasc Courses (30 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I appreciate the response from the Minister of State. As she stated, Teagasc has full responsibility and the part-time course is treated or seen as adult education. I hope the Minister of State can take my problems and issues with it on board.I am talking about exceptions rather than opening the floodgates on this. It would be shameful if one or several young individuals felt because of...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I want to raise a broad issue and throw out a few ideas. As the weather is improving, we are moving into the depths of the sheep-shearing season. Unfortunately, the value of and demand for sheep wool, which is a natural, renewable commodity, has dropped off the face of the Earth in recent years. In the past three years alone, wool prices have fallen to one third of what they were. It now...