Results 81-100 of 128 for long speaker:Paul Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

Paul Daly: ...like to ask about the markets. Deputy Penrose has said that when Deputy Cahill asked a question earlier, he knew the answer. While we have targets as part of our plan to plant 8,000 ha each year, the long-term nature of the development of this project means that it will take a long time to come to fruition. How are markets going to be satisfied in the meantime? If we start hitting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Operational Matters and Corporate Plans of Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Daly: To go back to the all-weather track and to if and when - I would be a when person if I am honest - has any thought been put into national hunt and hurdles? I know the witnesses are a long way from the planning stage. I saw the projection for Dundalk. One went into a little lay-by of grass, jumped the hurdle and back out. Has any thought been put into that, or is there an appetite or a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: ...will be a great loss to this House. She is the third member of the agricultural panel to move on for one reason or another since we were elected. As someone on that panel a small bit of me thinks long may it continue. I want to raise the same issue as Senator Feighan. It is with a heavy heart that I must discuss the horrific and very distressing scenes broadcast last night. I welcome...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: ..., throughout one's life, especially when one has a vested interest. With what might be called a burst of enthusiasm or, perhaps, political naivety when I came in here I took on this issue, along with some other things, as something I believed I could do something about or something I could influence in order to help to reduce the figures I have mentioned. I was appointed to the Joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: ...be a great deal more inputs and more time spent inside on concrete floors, slats and the like. While we might be getting it right in one way, are we running the risk of damaging our image in the long run? Regardless of how efficient we become at producing the dairy bred calf, in the process of doing that could we lose our grass-fed image, which ultimately could be detrimental to selling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Paul Daly: ...over two months when things had worked from 2005 to 2017 with the previous interpretation? What was the catalyst for change and why did the change come about? It is frustrating in here to see how long it takes when we try to introduce, develop or change legislation. The council will definitely be in next year's Guinness book of records in how it changed interpretation of a section of an...

Seanad: Community and Rural Support Schemes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Daly: ...in different counties and in urban areas, for some unknown reason, it seems to be increasingly difficult with more barriers being put up for one-off housing in rural areas. We can talk all day long about funding and the fabric of rural Ireland but if people cannot live there, that is the kernel of the issue. We need to keep people in rural Ireland and facilitate people who are there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Paul Daly: ...the professor knows where I am coming from? What technological advances does he foresee? I was at a meeting this morning at which we discussed heavy haulage, air transport and so on. This is going to take a long time and our best way of making progress will be the mixing of biofuels with fossil fuels. We can achieve fantastic results but the bottom line is that, for the foreseeable...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: ...welcome the fact that, under budget 2019, it is proposed to increase the funding by €800,000 to €16.8 million. I hope that, following the sale of the stadium at Harold's Cross, and now that Bord na gCon is in a position to write off its long-standing debts, there will be more financial resources available within the industry to invest in the smaller rural tracks and to put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Climate Change Advisory Council (12 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: ...regarding CO2? If we use Mrs. Murphy in Mayo as an example, Professor FitzGerald started off brilliantly. If she is tuned in, she will save so much money into the future. He then swiftly moved along to the fact that the Government is going to introduce a carbon tax immediately, which Mrs. Murphy will most likely end up paying if she is burning fossil fuels, before she gets a chance to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: ...that were used up last year to get over the winter crisis then. All we are hearing about is importation. Sky News would not be very agriculture-friendly but last night, for the first time in a long time, it featured the drought crisis in agriculture in the UK. There is no point in going to the UK. Wherever else we are targeting to import this fodder, the UK farmers are going to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: ...fatteners who deal with the bank once a year to buy their cattle. They fatten them, pay the bank back and move on to the following year. The witnesses have all painted a picture of a positive long-term outlook but I would like to hear what they are thinking in the short term. What is in it for banks to give money to many people who, while they would take it with open arms in the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (28 Jun 2018)

Paul Daly: ...already incurred once disability allowance is finally granted. This means people who are extremely ill and would ordinarily be entitled to this benefit are incurring very high costs for transport due to the long processing delays in the Department. On a separate issue related to delays, I have also been contacted by a lady who has applied for carer's allowance but must wait 18 weeks...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (28 Jun 2018)

Paul Daly: ...it. Applications are in the process of being dealt with in many cases, including the case I have highlighted. That is the point I am trying to make. If it was not taking such an inordinately long time to deal with the applications, I would not be here and the lady I have mentioned would not have the problems she has. I am talking about what should happen in the interim when a live...

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: .... It is the fourth rural development plan produced by Fine Gael in 33 months, following the CEDRA report, the rural charter and the programme for Government. Clearly, there has been a systemic rural policy failure by Fine Gael. There is no long-term vision and planning as the depopulation of rural parishes escalates. Shockingly, more than 500,000 rural households and businesses must...

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Paul Daly: .... The motion points out that just over 2% of our marine area is designated as marine protected area, which is the second lowest in the EU. These are mainly concentrated around river estuaries and along the coast, leaving ocean species unprotected. The Government response is to claim that almost 17% of Atlantic territorial waters are now protected. It does not mention is that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Paul Daly: ...concept to me to be honest. I would like to know where the organisation base started from their point of view. Do they recruit members or are they just like minded people who came together? What long-term rules and regulations do they lay down to qualify for this? I could start in the morning and decide in a year's time that this is not working and I need my fertiliser. Can people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Daly: ...into a fodder crisis. At all junctures the answers we got back from the Minister were based on the advice he received from Teagasc. As I have said, I am not in the blame game, and while we are a long way from solutions or back to normality, based on experience we are out through the other side. I presume that Teagasc has had a debriefing and has analysed everything that has happened...

Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)

Paul Daly: ...advise and help farmers to get the maximum from their financial and land resources, mineral additives and anything that can help to get them over this hump and out the far side with enough reserves for, potentially, an equally long winter next year. The Government should include a permanent scheme in the rural development programme to compensate farmers for losses caused by severe...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: ...Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, advocates a single agency to cut through the bureaucratic layers. I almost addressed the Minister of State as "Boxer". I was thinking of the chamber in Mullingar again. How long were we discussing this issue at that level? Westmeath and the Minister of State's home town, Athlone, form an integral site on the Shannon. The...