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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the members of the delegation and thank them for the very comprehensive report. In particular I welcome Mr. Pat Lalor, my fellow Kilbeggan man. He has put Kilbeggan on the map with his porridge. It is always a pleasure for me to walk into a shop or even pass through the airport and see my home town's name on the shelf. It would not be there without the great work of Mr. Lalor...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I wish to be associated with the good wishes to the Chairman in this important process, which commenced this morning. I also want to be associated with the good wishes and sympathies expressed to those slain and injured in Westminster yesterday. Before I entered the Chamber, it was announced that one of the injured bystanders was Irish. That is the kernel of the topic of today's...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I am asking for comment on what has been in place. It will have consequences.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I do not want to come across as negative but, considering worst case scenarios, if there is a hard border how does the witness see us handling the common travel area for our European friends who can come to Ireland but cannot go to the North?

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State and I welcome the report and its recommendations. The key issue now is in its implementation. I do not know if the recommendations go far enough. If we go to the bone on this issue, we know that it is compulsory to have motor insurance so what greater business is there to be in, selling a product which is compulsory for consumers to buy? The insurers can...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I completely support what Senator Ruane has just said. We sometimes take inquiries and commissions of investigation as being the be all and end all and the answer to everything. There was wrongdoing. We will have another inquiry or commission of investigation. While this is ongoing, the matter seems to be forgotten about and activities that are equally as bad can happen, particularly in...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: It goes on and on and on. There is an old saying in this country when we have let something happen that should not have happened - we are closing the door when the horse has gone. Lately, we seem to be closing a lot of doors when all the horses are nearly gone at this stage. This case is so sad and moving. The commission of investigation is welcome, as are the terms of reference, but we...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister. Fianna Fáil supports the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill puts the voisinageagreement, concluded by the Governments of Ireland and the UK under the London Fisheries Convention 1964, into primary legislation. Under the voisinageagreement, Northern Ireland-registered fishing vessels are allowed to fish within Ireland's exclusive fisheries limits...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the delegation and members of the board. I have been mentioned here on numerous occasions in the past so it is not a secret but I will put on the record that I am chairman of Kilbeggan racecourse so I have a vested interest in this area. I have been a member for 36 years and it is a great honour for me to be chairman for the past ten years. My heart is in what we call the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Mr. Kavanagh mentioned a few things in passing, such as that he does not like having different percentage rates when it comes to grants. I would like to see that change in the future. At national hunt race meetings run during the summer our disposal income is an issue, as it is with other tracks. I should not only refer to our track. It is hard for me; it was a slip of the tongue as much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Many of the questions Mr. Kavanagh has been asked and many of the statements that have been made are about how we have got to where we are. I would like to hear what plans we have going forward. From my perspective, I would like to hear what is in mind for the provincial tracks. I am known in those circles so I had a lot of people on to me about the foal levy. It has been covered but I...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I said that the last day.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I realise we are speaking to the section, but we are having a broad debate. I had to contribute on the previous day. I had not decided whether I would not speak until the end or at all. I had to stand up and defend farmers, given some of the language being used. I appreciate that today we have come full circle. It was I who said the previous day that farmers are the custodians of the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I am glad that this day is not about an attack on the farmer. Unfortunately, we have now moved around and it is now an attack on Fianna Fáil. Again, I believe I have to stand up. It must be something personal to me because the common denominator for me is Fianna Fáil and farming. Those of us in Fianna Fáil, along with the farming community, are as much nature lovers and...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: It has happened in the past two weeks. Yesterday was 1 March. Under the existing law, following yesterday it is illegal and impossible to carry out any burning. In the previous ten to 15 days, we were subject to storms Doris and Ewan. How could anyone carry out controlled burning? What is the difference in one day per week? The Bill suggests the Minister will define the geography,...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: That is not funny.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: To clarify, the Senator's very words makes it sound like this provision will be mandatory. If farmers are worried about and disagree with this measure, they will not be obliged to cut their hedges in August or burn them in March. Let us be honest. When one drives through a stretch of the road that has a 50 km/h speed limit that switches to 100 km/h at the end it does not mean one must...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: The legislation will bestow a window of opportunity for special cases where the measure will be required or necessary or can be advantageous, as I have said already, for different aspects.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: It is the free will of the farmer, the individual or custodian. He or she can choose to cut hedges from September to February. Just because this Bill is introduced he or she does not have to deal with hedges in March or August. It is his or her own choice at the end of the day. In cases where it may be a necessity it may be a requirement or an advantage to a farmer, pedestrian, motorist,...