Results 21-40 of 110 for speaker:Paraic Brady

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Paraic Brady: I find myself raising something I raised here last week. We had a TB task force last week involving farming organisations, the Department of agriculture and the Minister. At the task force there were nine hours of discussions. No. 2 on the list was to promote badger biodiversity. No. 5 on the list was mandatory disclosure of TB herds categorisation. For anyone who does not understand...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Paraic Brady: A bald head.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Paraic Brady: I, too, congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his elevation. As everybody knows, I am deeply rooted in the agricultural sector and have been so for many years. I am passionate about food protection and protecting our farmers and rural Ireland. One thing I would like to see with this committee, and I have seen it in the past, is that we bring in people who have the skills and knowledge of...

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025)

Paraic Brady: I welcome the Minister of State. I will not rehash everything everybody has said. I agree with it. I will just say one thing to the Minister of State. It is coming to the stage now where young people will not actually wait to get their driving test. Perhaps they have secured employment and the mother and father are no longer fit to bring these people to work at 7.30 or eight o'clock in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Paraic Brady: I thank the Minister and his officials for being here today. I, too, welcome this forum. We are here for the betterment of the agricultural sector. That must be said. Regarding water quality, I concur with my Senator friend and colleague regarding Irish Water. The blame game seems to always fall on the farmer but we need to look at other sectors that are causing the problem, more so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: The witnesses are very welcome. I am delighted to see the relevant people from the Department and other bodies are here. We must be blunt. Whether we like it or not, there is a need for the competition authority to be called in at some stage, because this will affect the merchants. A word has been bandied about by the Department of agriculture for the past eight or nine months, namely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: We all know the problem with sheep. There is a special dose that does not work any more because we have let it go. I accept that. If I test my flock of sheep by doing a faecal sample and I understand they need something in particular, am I not entitled to go to the co-op and buy that product? Why do I have to go to the vet? Why are we complicating it? If I have done the faecal sample...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: We can still regulate it. I am not saying we cannot do that. What I am saying is that it can be put on the system that is sent off to Europe. There is no problem in doing that when I have taken a faecal sample. The proof is there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: There is no discretion, so we are going to pile more paperwork in on top of the farmer again. That is basically what Ms Garvan is telling me here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: I can only speak for myself. Most farmers are not afraid to use computers now. Let us be honest and say that either a farmer must call out a vet or drive to him. They are not going to get on a laptop to upload prescriptions. That is not going to work. Let us be straight about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: Ms Garvan is after contradicting the whole lot. The vet can read my mind on the phone. Is that what she is telling me. He does not need to go to the shed to look because he is a qualified vet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: Ms Garvan is not getting it. Many farmers-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: My point is that many farmers are not IT-savvy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: That is what my point is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: We have a lot of time now to discuss.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: Two of the TDs gave me their time, so we have lots of time to go through this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Impacts of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: As I said when the Department was here, we have bandied the word “simplification” around. When it comes to prescriptions and dealing with the farming groups, and I speak personally on this, every farmer knows they have overused prescriptions. I can and will accept that. I was probably one of them myself. The reality is most of us are doing faecal samples in our herds. Our...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: I want to address something that has again raised its head in the last number of weeks. In the beef and lamb sector we have seen beef and lamb prices falling steadily. However, all over Europe we have seen an increase in beef and lamb prices. Members of the House may be aware that we have an independent agrifood regulator in this country. Over the last year the regulator has published...

Seanad: Food Promotion and New Markets: Statements (18 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: The Minister of State is welcome to the House. It is my first time to meet him in person. It is my first time to be elected to the Senate but I have always represented rural communities and farmers. I am a farmer myself and have in the past studied farmers' dissatisfaction with where the beef sector was. I will provide some statistics I am sure the Minister of State is well aware of....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2025)

Paraic Brady: I wish to raise an issue regarding St. Joseph's Care Centre in Longford, where the HSE is providing a new building. It has come to light that the physiotherapy unit will be moved out of that area. This unit provides a huge service in Longford and simply cannot be moved from the site it is on. We were given assurances from the previous Minister, Stephen Donnelly, it would not be moved and I...