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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: The Chair's points are valid. Going back to my 100 km point, it does not matter what sex the calf is - you cannot go from Thurles to Kilbeggan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Ms Meaney can see the point I am making about the number of kilometres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: There were a couple of other points. With regard to the temperature, it was said that it was going to be based on meteorological predictions. I do not see the logic there because with the greatest of respect to our meteorological friends, they do not always get it right. You could have a situation where you have a lorry or a ship that will not travel on a day because it is predicted that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Yes, we all know why they are there. A captain of a ship or a driver of a lorry might look at a thermometer and decide he is good to go. However, if he has to look at the weather forecast before deciding whether he is good to go, it could turn out to be different six hours later. The meteorological services are very good at the minute and fairly accurate but they are not 100%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Yes, but it specifically said milk replacer somewhere that I read.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: I know, but without going over the Chair's explanation, which I thought was very good, what scientific evidence is there to prove what the Chair said is wrong? I think he is right, although I am no scientist.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: It is another area on which I will be highlighting the need for further discussion before this is over the line.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: I call Deputy Healy-Rae.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Before we conclude, I have two more questions myself. I thought I would not get them by the Chairman, but now I have overcome that problem - I am only joking. To go back to the very start, what is an animal welfare officer? What qualification does an animal welfare officer have? Is it like in your day-to-day work where you appoint and get training for a health and safety officer? Can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Could a lorry driver be an animal welfare officer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: That has not been verified or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Finally, Ms Meaney, you brought up the good work being done to try to promote the whole calf and beef sector. For the purpose of conversation, worst-case scenario, if what some of us have predicted this evening were to happen on the back of this or for whatever reason and it was not feasible to export the calves, where is the Department on an Irish veal industry? I know Bord Bia has done a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Sorry for interrupting you, Ms Meaney, and I will not get into an argument about this with you, but I have heard that, that the market may not be there. The calves going out will be fattened for a veal market. We are talking about the same number of calves, so I presume the same market still has to be there. If they are not going to be fattened in Holland, Denmark or wherever else, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: I cannot argue with you on that. I agree with you on that. That is a problem, but there would still be more at the same time of the year now and they are going on the sustainable market. There must be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: But would you see the merits in at least having a contingency plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: That is refreshing to hear. It is to be hoped we do not need to enact it but we need a plan B. I call Deputy Mythen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: I appreciate that. I thank the witnesses for their presence this evening, their briefing notes and so on. I know this has a long way to go, but it is when things are at draft stage and in their infancy that, if we can influence them, it is time to act on them. I thank the witnesses again for being here this evening. The next meeting of the joint committee will be at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Kind of. I still have issues with the prediction of the temperature and it not happening or, as I said, it becoming hotter. Nine hours in continental Europe will bring drivers a long way and they will pass through different conditions. Look at what we get here every day. A driver could pass through many different weathers and temperatures in nine hours of solid driving on the Continent....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Today, I raise an issue that I have raised previously. Almost every other colleague has raised it before too. It is the infamous issue of passports. We have got away from the pandemic and the backlog it caused. Everyone was given the benefit of the doubt in that situation. I have been contacted by a person who applied for a passport for a child. The application was signed and stamped at...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Before calling the Minister, Deputy Burke, who will have ten minutes to speak, it gives me great pleasure to welcome him in his role as a full Minister. As a former Westmeath County Council colleague, he and I go back a long way in politics. It was not by design but it is brilliant that I actually happen to be in the Chair when he comes in for his first engagement here. I sincerely...