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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Mr. Coughlan said I would still get paid SCEP. It has to be 4- or 5-star for SCEP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: The terms and conditions of SCEP state they have to be 4- or 5-star cows.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: The integrity of the scheme is in question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses for attending. On the back of Mr. Cashman's report, and given the time of year, it is important to assure anyone listening that Rudolph and his colleagues are in no danger of being shot. That is an important message to send because there may be young ears having to listen to us because daddy or mammy want to listen to us. Deer have appeared near my home when they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I know Dr. Barrett has said it was only conducted on a trial basis, but even from the evidence of the badger vaccine, what is the longevity? For us, in response to the pandemic, we have to get a booster shot every year. If an animal is vaccinated once, is that all that is required for life, as is the case for the vaccinations we all received as kids? If the vaccine was up and running and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: It is on trial in the UK at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: That is the one that will not show up in the test of the carcase-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: If and when it is proven to be a runner, would the Department pursue or look at it? Given it has got over all the hurdles Dr. Barrett identified, animal rights, WOAH and all that, has the Department an open mind on vaccination or is it actively pursuing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: How long, given the trials taking place in England, will it be before we could have a definitive conversation about the possibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: That says a lot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I am intrigued listening to this conversation. The witnesses touched on the matter I wish to raise when answering the Cathaoirleach’s questions. It has to do with the transmission of the disease. It was my understanding that it was transmitted nose to nose or by inhaling infected droplets exhaled by other animals, but the witnesses mentioned zero grazing and the defecation and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: That is my question. If we are talking grass or water troughs, that is ingestion, not inhalation. It can be transferred both ways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: I welcome the delegation. I congratulate Mr. Gorman and, indeed, in her absence - we will know doubt meet her in due course - Ms Alice Doyle on her election as vice president. I wish them both the very best in their tenure. I look forward to crossing swords on numerous occasions going forward. As Mr. Gorman knows, officials from the Department are appearing before the committee after...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: How do they infect timber to the naked eye? If they were in already, how long would it take before it could be seen by the naked eye that there was a problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: I am playing devil's advocate but what, if any, action can be taken if in the worst-case scenario it was in? Is any action being taken in the UK where it is prevalent? Can any action be taken? What action are the Scots taking to try to keep it down south?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: I am with Mr. Gorman 100%. As I said, I am on a fact-finding mission before we meet officials from the Department. I am trying to come with all the possible negatives. This is my final question. Has the IFA done any work on this? If hypothetically speaking the department officials come in here this evening and gives us everything we ask for, how do we square the circle that is the fact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives from the Department. I will follow on from Deputy Flaherty's points. Officials have met the IFA previously. Its two big asks were the temporary suspension of imports while a task force is set up. Mr. Delany talked about an internal departmental review. Would he not consider a task force that would include stakeholders and experts? I have learned about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: It is random. It is top, middle and bottom, or something like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: This is too serious of an issue. If we have bark beetle in our spruce trees in a couple of years time, hit and miss is not good enough for the potential consequences down the line. There can be 100 logs in a lorry and you can check 99 of them and not be able to get to the one in the middle, which is the one where the bark beetle will be and he is then in. There will be no point in saying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: Notwithstanding the expertise within the Department, would a task force that would involve and include the stakeholders along with the Department expertise be considered?