Results 141-160 of 218 for speaker:Paraic Brady

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: If you have a chip number, there should be a database between all pounds to say that a dog with a particular chip number has been reported lost, stolen or missing in, for example, the Longford area. That database covers Cavan, Leitrim, Monaghan and all the way to Dublin, so that if a dog comes in and they log the chip number, all of a sudden it is on their database. It is simple.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: It is law now that every dog, before sale, must be microchipped.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: I understand what Ms Fitzpatrick is saying regarding mutilation and one thing or another. It was just an added string to the bow, as I say. Education is very important. Anybody who is doing their job right, we will say, is a registered breeder, would have got vaccinations from the vets and brought them in. On vaccination, they will have got chips and everything else. Any animal for...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: It is also about informing the public. You go to these fairs and markets, and you see this cute puppy in a handbag and hear a story about how the poor woman died and that’s how they got him, and they want to find him a good home. He is only €500 when he should be €2,000. You should know that if it sounds wrong, it is wrong.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: This is going on the whole time. As Ms O'Connor said, you will unfortunately see an increase in the next two weeks coming up to Ballinasloe. I attend Ballinasloe every year. You always see the trading of puppies out of the back of vans and in cages. In fairness to the ISPCA, it has always been on hand in Ballinasloe. I have seen them on numerous occasions lifting dogs off so-called...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: There are numerous ads on DoneDeal.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: They come up in different apps under cattle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I welcome the Commissioner. I too am a farmer. I farm sheep and suckler cows. In 1973, when we joined the EEC, now the EU, the population of our national herd was the same as it is today. We talk about environmental impacts and so on, but our national herd has not grown. It has actually diminished over the past number of years. When we talk about a green product and a green way of life,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I welcome the Commissioner. I too am a farmer. I farm sheep and suckler cows. In 1973, when we joined the EEC, now the EU, the population of our national herd was the same as it is today. We talk about environmental impacts and so on, but our national herd has not grown. It has actually diminished over the past number of years. When we talk about a green product and a green way of life,...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: If you are purchasing a dog, you need to purchase it through a veterinary place where they can read them and chip them, and make sure.

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Petition on Reform of Pet Laws (30 Sep 2025)

Paraic Brady: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I would like to be associated with all of the comments about Senator Andrews. I would also like to discuss the Ryder Cup and what Europe achieved in the past week. We are proud of one of our own who made the final putt to secure the Ryder Cup for the European team. It is very special and will live not only in the minds of every golfer in Ireland but in the European team to have had such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I am sorry I missed the presentation. Our product in Ireland has always been known as Irish and green. We are known to have a clean, environmental way of farming. I am a suckler sheep farmer. We depend on grain to feed weanlings and feed cows and sheep during the winter. In regard to grain growers, how much of the product is forward bought by processors here? Can I have some comments on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: As the witnesses rightly pointed out, we have seen a decline in the national herd. We are back at record levels, since we joined the EU in 1973. At this moment, we are at 6.9 million head. That is due to a decline in the farming industry, which has reduced our carbon emissions through stealth, as I call it. While we have done low-emission slurry spreading and seen the scientific facts at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I will come back in on what Mr. Murphy said about smaller carcases. Kepak was at the National Ploughing Championships. It has carried out trials where schools were incentivised to raise calves from calf to beef and the animals could be killed at a certain carcase weight. I have reservations in this regard. It will certainly meet that demand for the produce of the dairy sector. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: Sorry.

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Finance): Statements (7 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: The Minister of State is very welcome. I welcome the capital budget for agriculture. The Minister, Deputy Heydon, has secured an additional €170 million in budget 2026. That is a 9% increase, from €158 million last year to €170 million this year, bringing the Department's budget to over €2.3 billion. This includes a capital programme of €335 million....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I wish to raise an issue of caution for our farming community. We have seen record prices being paid for cattle over recent months. Last week, we saw a springer heifer in my local area making €15,500 at Carrigallen mart. I caution the farming community that everything has a ceiling, and everything has a price and a fail value. There are a number of sales coming up, and there seems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I too want to throw my support behind everything the witnesses do. Mr. Smyth and Ms Doherty are only down the road from where I come from. I come from a place called Drumlish in County Longford. We have a host family there. A good friend of mine, Donie McLoughlin, is one of the farmers who goes out there. Caoimhín McEoin in Colmcille does great work for them on the ground....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: Farmers use relief services but if this was made known to the wider public people might buy into this whole service and I am sure farmers would buy into it more than they have so far. I welcome and support it. Will some of the witnesses touch on the insurance aspect and the wider aspect, such as inspections?