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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: The business is going down the Swanee and the Minister of State has met stakeholders but the meetings have not improved anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: I welcome the board and compliment them. While we have an issue at hand, the horse racing industry in Ireland is very strong. It is a matter of sentiment for many of the individuals here and the organisations who are represented. That cannot go unsaid. One glove does not fit all. While there is a negative aspect here today and this is the one we need to get to the kernel of, we cannot...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: I thank Senator McDowell for bringing this Bill before us and I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, my neighbour from the poorer side of Meath. I look forward to his comments.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: I was just elected last April and I feel somewhat inadequate in even speaking to the Bill. I feel like a learner driver doing a driving test who might be struggling to get over the line and who wants to change the rules of the road as a result. I do not feel qualified to speak on Seanad reform as I am somebody who has just come in and I am just learning the process and procedures. When I...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: Likewise, with town councils no option was given other than go or stay. As a former councillor, I know the Seanad performs a great role and I would hate the vocational panels and input of councillors to be totally diminished to 13 seats. As a councillor, my greatest link with national politics and policy was through my interaction with Senators. Now, as a Senator, I see that role in...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: I understand that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine still has to announce some of the finer details of the provision for his Department in the budget. However, I note a reference to an increase in expenditure to €211 million under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS. The original budget for the roll-out of the scheme was €250 million, with a...

Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the plan for future education. Not unlike the previous speaker, I am glad there is a plan. I could stand up here and tear the plan to shreds, as others might tear it in a different way.We are all passionate about education and all by-products of the education system. It is the one sector of the community in which every individual in society will take...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: I want to raise the current plight of Irish tillage and grain farmers who find themselves in a major crisis due to the very inclement weather and high rainfall on the western coast. I visited some farmers in Galway on Sunday and it is gut-wrenching to see. When they called me I felt I did not need to go and see it as I am from a farming background and know what it is like when it goes...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach and Eileen on their recent nuptials and wish them many years of health, happiness and prosperity together.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: The crisis in farming is far-reaching, as indicated by the fact that at least three Senators have already raised it. All sectors of the agriculture industry are in a deepening crisis. When the country was in an economic crisis, the agricultural sector came to the rescue. It is the foundation stone on which the economic structure of the country has been built. The family farm is a thing of...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: There is one flying to suggest that there will be a hike in agricultural diesel. If there is any truth in that, the kite needs to be reeled in immediately.We are looking for aid, assistance and support for a sector which is on its knees. The largest bill on any farm, irrespective of the code of farming, is the diesel bill. If we hike the biggest bill in the budget, we will defeat whatever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit: Discussion with Mushroom Industry (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: I compliment Mr. Reilly on his presentation. As Deputy Penrose, a fellow Westmeath man, said, we are quite familiar with the jobs provided by Mr. Reilly in areas and on back roads where one would not see many other businesses operating. I also know from experience how other businesses depend on Mr. Reilly’s and the success of the mushroom business. There will be a knock-on effect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: Most of the points I wanted to raise have been and I anticipate the answers. There are a lot of rumours among those one meets in the sector about an increase in the budget in the price of agricultural diesel. Everybody here has mentioned the crisis and we are looking for funding and supports to help people. It would be a double whammy to start to hit the agriculture sector with an increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: I await the Minister's answers. Most of the questions that need to be asked have been asked but one underlying fact is that irrespective of what has or has not gone on, members are discussing corporate governance issues here in what is supposed to be an era of new politics. The joint committee is far from that title of new politics this evening by virtue of the Minister's presence before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: I take the Minister’s comment in good faith that when he received correspondence from the chairman he assumed it was from the board. If he had known then what he knows now, how would he have acted? Would he have done anything differently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: If the Minister knew then what he knows now, would he have gone back to the board? I assume he would not have given the sanction without seeking further clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Paul Daly: I welcome the delegation. I have a brief question. Most issues have been covered. I agree that, regarding grain, we seem to be concentrating on the north west. I am in the midlands, which people from outside would call affluent, but ours is a spring barley area, not a tillage one. As such, the weather is causing issues everywhere, not just in the north west. My question is on beef...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Daly: I appreciate the attendance of the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, to answer my queries. The issue has been raised previously through a Dáil parliamentary question. The person in question, Charlotte Connolly from Mullingar, has been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder known as Degos.She is the only person in Ireland who has been diagnosed with the disease. There is a drug...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Daly: I note the response which is gut-wrenching. We are talking about a human life, but this is a copy-and-paste answer. I respectfully request the Minister to commit to meeting the Connolly family in person and explore avenues, be it the introduction of a compassionate drugs access scheme or otherwise. The family needs real, not copy-and-paste, answers. It is a family life that is on the...