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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Does it see potential to have a positive influence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Deputy Fitzmaurice touched on a matter I was going to raise. Like him, I was that soldier who bought a few store lambs at this time of the year, basically to clean up the paddocks and, it was hoped, make a few bob. There was nothing in it. Between the odd fatality and the odd birth, I ended up with new ewes with lambs I had not planned on having. I have not done this in a few years and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: The point I am making is more for Mr. Punch. Does he see his organisation as being in a position to spearhead this? His organisation represents the sheep farmers of Ireland. In conjunction or collaboration with the Crosse brothers and whoever else, could Mr. Punch see a role for the ICSA? We are all talking about it but somebody is going to have to grab the bull, or in this case the ram,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: With the greatest of respect to other people out there, I should not have mentioned only the Crosse brothers. They were before the committee. I mean the greatest of respect to anybody else in the field.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Regarding the sheep census, what is the trajectory? Are national numbers dropping or are they holding up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Does Mr. Punch see them remaining stable, based on everything that has been discussed? In my opinion I can only see the numbers going in one direction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: We would be told that Bord Bia is supposed to be doing the marketing. Representatives of Enterprise Ireland were in here before the delegates present, and that was on the back of having heard from the Crosse brothers from Cashel, who had the idea of a sheep milk market. Having spoken to the representatives of Enterprise Ireland today and from the bit of research I have done, I believe...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I thank the Senator and the Minister of State. She is going for the hat-trick and remaining with us. Senator McGreehan is next.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I thank the Minister of State. The Senator has one minute for a supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister, Mr. Callanan and Mr. Massey to this debate. There has been a robust debate nationally for the last week but a time has to come where one stops flogging the dead horse and we start looking at resolution and solution-driven debates. As was mentioned, a delegation from this committee was in Brussels last week. It was evident for anyone who was there – all members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: With the greatest of respect, Mr. Callanan is not answering my question. I get that total, the 80, the 92, the 106. I get that the average was at 89 kg of nitrogen and that is as close as we will get to the average. I imagine the bands were worked out from that. That 89 kg figure was calculated on the basis of there being 5 kg of nitrogen in a cu. cm of slurry. It is now down to 2.4 kg...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: When was it changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I appreciate that I am over time but I have one more question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: My question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: It is based on an average. It is what it is but it was 5 kg/cu. m. The question I am asking relates to the fact that this had to be taken into consideration in the matrix that determined the average cow generates 89 kg of nitrogen. For whatever reason, whether it be through surveys and testing etc, we are now saying it is 2.4 kg/cu. m but yet we have a band up to 106. What matrix was used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Maybe it is too simple, but it looks so simple that if we were using the figure of 5 kg/cu. m when we were working out 89 kg, now we say it was not 5 kg/cu. m at all but it was 2.4 kg/cu. m. Therefore, if we were using 2.4 kg/cu. m when we were creating our bands, our bands should be something like 60, 72, and 85.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Mr. Callanan will give me a paper on how he gets the context. To answer my question, can he let me know how the bands were calculated based on that content?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Can Mr. Callanan see where I am coming from with how the bands are calculated given that if it was 5 kg/cu. m and now 2.5 kg/cu. m, it has to affect the calculation of the bands? It has to affect the bands in a downward direction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: It is an integral part of it. It is an integral part of the calculation of a banding of the nitrogen output.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I ran out of time earlier and I want to go back to the issue I raised because I need further clarification. This is with regard to the number of kilograms of nitrogen in a cubic metre of slurry. What is the European default with regard to the nitrogen content in a cubic metre of slurry?