Results 161-180 of 218 for speaker:Paraic Brady

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

Paraic Brady: That is 100%.

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

Paraic Brady: Yes.

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

Paraic Brady: More money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I thank the witnesses for coming in. To go back over this again, how many members does the ACA have and how many people do they employ, roughly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: So, privately, they represent 64,500 farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: Right. It was stated that the ACA makes a payment to Teagasc for the data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: For the use of Teagasc's software.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: Well, that is the first thing I would recommend has to change because Teagasc is a semi-State body. We will go back to ACA's organisation. There are codes of conduct within its organisation, so everything is transparent from top to bottom. What is the problem then? This is not ringing out right. There is something wrong here. The witnesses represent 64,500 farmers. My Teagasc adviser...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I can assure the witnesses that when the Department comes in here, questions have to be answered. This is the reality from this forum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: To me, this is a no-brainer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: The ACA is providing a service. There is no cost on the Exchequer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: -----at the moment from its services. Teagasc is a cost on the Exchequer. The ACA is dealing with twice the number of farmers Teagasc is dealing with. To be honest, this is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: That is fair enough and we will ask the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I do not need a question. I got my questions. Let Mr. Canning finish that, please.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business (15 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: Today I raise an issue once again that, unfortunately, affects the farming community. This week, four of our major supermarkets have decided to have a price war regarding the price of milk. This sector, where farmers produce liquid milk, has seen 43% of liquid milk producers leaving in the last ten years, which is highly worrying. We have seen costs increase.We have seen outputs decrease....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: Regarding the initial investment in an AD plant, does the funding come from the company, or is it State-funded and partially farm-funded? Can the witnesses go through how the funding works? Regarding the benefits for the farmer, Mr. Gildea said there was a connection to the ESB grid but that he is not getting paid at this time because no meter has been fitted. It is woefully inadequate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: That is correct.

Seanad: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (15 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to be here today. I, too, would like to address some of the issues regarding the Sligo to Dublin rail line. As the Minister of State knows, we have two train stops in the county of Longford, one in Longford town and one in Edgeworthstown. The one in Edgeworthstown catered for the whole of the Cavan-north Longford region where we have seen a...

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Oct 2025)

Paraic Brady: I am shocked to hear that there are rats in a flat complex in this day and age.