Results 1,201-1,220 of 2,179 for speaker:Paul Daly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I have the email proof here. On 5 May, I had correspondence on it, but Coillte has not come back to me since. What will change there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I asked who the purchaser was and was told it was commercially sensitive and there was purchaser confidentiality. That was on 5 May 2021. I have not had an answer since. I have been asked many questions on the ground, naturally enough, from people as to why Coillte is selling 500 acres of forestry, especially when it came out that the Gresham House deal would not involve selling forestry...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I have been listening to talk of acquisitions and was toying with whether to ask the question but I have heard about acquiring land and the availability of land all evening and feel duty-bound on behalf of my constituents to ask it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I will accept that. Sin é.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: Why would Coillte have acquired land that was never going to be targeted for forestry planting?
- Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I thank the Minister. As he said, this is a comprehensive Bill. He will have ten minutes to sum up at the end and we will get to go through each section in more detail on Committee Stage. I am duty-bound to stick to the schedule here. I am aware that ten minutes is a short time for the Minister in this regard.
- Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: The next speaker, representing the Independent Group, is Senator Boyhan.
- Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: As there are no other Senators offering, I will return to the Minister. As the debate is scheduled to conclude at 4.45 p.m., I am offering him 1 hour and 10 minutes. One has to be careful what one wishes for around here.
- Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: We open our debate with a contribution from the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ossian Smyth. The Minister of State has eight minutes.
- Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive contribution.
- Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: The Senator was well briefed in a short space of time.
- Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: We are not having statements.
- Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I welcome our guests. I have a couple of questions for each group and then a couple of questions that might be common to both groups. I will start with the group from Sheep Milk Ireland. As others have, I welcome the group's initiative. I see great potential in it. A couple of my questions might not sound that way but they are just for information purposes. I am aware that the group has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I have a brief question for Sheep Milk Ireland. As a new group, has it been difficult to get access to the Department? I know that it can be difficult for new groups because there are protocols in place. Have our guests had much contact with the Department? How easy or difficult has it been to gain access?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I was just thinking that the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme, TAMS, would be ideal for someone who was thinking of going down that road, for equipment and so forth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)
Paul Daly: I would like clarification on a couple of points. Mr. O'Connor stated that there was a derogation on creosote. The treatment of timber with creosote will have changed a great deal since the derogation's introduction. As youngsters, we were sent out to paint with creosote. When you buy a creosote stake now, it has been pressurised and industrially applied. Would this not have helped to...