Results 461-480 of 2,179 for speaker:Paul Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Democracy: Trócaire (14 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives from Trócaire and PELUM Uganda. I seek clarification on agriculture in Uganda. Is there a transition at the moment from previous agricultural methods to agroecology or is the agriculture sector in Uganda only beginning to grow now on the back of the stimulus from the new approach? In order to get a better picture of the land ownership situation in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives from Kepak and Glanbia. I also welcome the initiative. We all know the crisis facing our beef industry. It is welcome that somebody is taking an initiative. This initiative in its fruition is very much in its infancy. I find it difficult to see how it will take off or be successful or make any solid improvement for beef farmers in the sector. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I apologise. We had to go away to vote in the Seanad. I pick up on the tail end of Deputy Penrose's contribution. When one leaves, one can end up going over old ground because one does not know what has been discussed while one was away. As I say, I pick up from the tail end of Deputy Penrose's response. What I wanted to know from the council was what the catalyst was for starting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I have a brief comment on that answer to my question. The Veterinary Council of Ireland did not start with the Attorney General. It was advised to get its own advice and all of this has been explained. When that advice was received did the council highlight issues with section 54 whereby the council thought it prudent to highlight to the Department that there may be an issue, rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I asked what was the catalyst for change. The submission states "Historically, section 54(2) of the Veterinary Practitioners Act 2005 was interpreted to prevent a body corporate from owning a veterinary practice" so from its inception until December 2017 or January 2018, the council worked with a basis in its interpretation that a corporate body would not be allowed to buy a veterinary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Paul Daly: The witness is basically saying a decision was made that it was in the best interests of animal health and welfare, veterinary practitioners and farmers to change the interpretation of the Act so corporate bodies could buy veterinary practices.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I thank the Chair, and I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for their attendance. I have a comment on the overall scene. I welcome the presentation and the good work Teagasc is doing, but we are all familiar with the 21:28: 51 model that is going around when it comes to beef, wherein 21 cent of every euro that is spent across the counter by a person buying Irish beef, 21 cent or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome the comprehensive and detailed presentation. It is one I will take away and study in detail. It contains so much information that, until I analyse it, there seem to be few questions left that need to be asked. I would like a further comment on the reported cartel operating within the beef industry in terms of price fixing or communication within the sector before prices are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: Mr. O'Leary is using the argument of the final output being a maximum, if participants meet all their targets, of 5% of the beef industry. Regarding the point Deputy Cahill made, how far back down the trading curves or trends does the CCPC go to examine this? To buy into this scheme and produce the 5% of the beef if all targets are met, one must buy all one's inputs, including unrelated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: My question about mergers and acquisitions was not addressed.

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister to the House. I will begin by providing some background information on farm safety issues and fatalities on farms, of which not everyone may be aware. Unfortunately in the year to May, nine of the 17 recorded workplace deaths happened on farms or in the agricultural sector. The sector accounted for more than 50% of...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I thank all my colleagues for their support today. As I said at the outset, this is such an important issue but I am a little taken aback by the Minister of State's response, to be honest. Perhaps the Minister of State had to take the approach he took but I had hoped that under the circumstances and given the topic of conversation, he would not take a defensive attitude. I was very...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I wish to put my apologies to the witnesses on the record. I had a brief meeting at 4 p.m. that turned out to be not so brief and as I was coming back we were called to a vote in the Seanad. I will not go over what has probably been raised already. I will read the transcript and if there is anything that is not in there that I would like to know about, I will send the witnesses an email on...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives from the Central Bank. I have some brief questions to flesh out what was said in the opening statement. I accept that the first issue I raise is not in our remit but it is related as it will affect us. To what extent has the Central Bank looked at the British economy post Brexit? Sterling is a stand-alone currency and while Britain is not in the eurozone, it...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: Is there any fear of a mini-overheat of the economy if that was to happen?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I rise today to raise the issue of electric vehicle charging points, but not the lack of same or the need for more. I have been contacted by a number of people who recently invested in electric vehicles in regard to their inability to access charging points, particularly in rural areas and small villages, as non-electric vehicles are being parked or abandoned in front of them. This is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Judicial Discretion) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I second the proposal.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I congratulate Senator Grace O'Sullivan on her election and wish her the very best of luck in her new role as an MEP. She will be a great loss to this House. She is the third member of the agricultural panel to move on for one reason or another since we were elected. As someone on that panel a small bit of me thinks long may it continue. I want to raise the same issue as Senator Feighan....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: On a point of order, as the spokesperson for my party, I was accused in the House this morning of being hypocritical with regard to the Greyhound Racing Act 2019. Fianna Fáil opposed an amendment that would have placed a blanket ban on licensed exports of greyhounds to white-listed countries. What I said this morning was that the greyhounds that were featured in last night's...