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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: What is BirdWatch Ireland's opinion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: No. I meant how mechanical science and advances in mechanisation affected bird species.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the guests this evening and I have a couple of brief questions to tease out some facts from the statement. While I am a farmer and a farmer at heart, I do not want to come across as negative. I want to get to the kernel of the issue and get some more information. Depending on what one reads, we are talking about approximately 380,000 km, give or take, of hedgerow in the country....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: What distance did Dr. Moore say the recommended setback is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: Basically, Hedgerows Ireland is requesting that, if I buy into whatever scheme is coming down the line and sow my hectare of trees, I leave a 7 m gap between the hedge and my new strip of forestry.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. Like Senator Boyhan, I also had a communication from Councillor Moriarty. I welcome her endeavours to contact all Senators on behalf of her constituents, one of whom is one of the three farmers ultimately affected by this legislation. It is agreed across...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Daly: I wish to be associated with the remarks of colleagues on the sad passing of former Deputy, Noel Treacy. Prior to entering politics, Noel was an auctioneer and sold a lot of sheep. My father and uncle were two of his better customers, so I knew him for a long time outside politics. The Cathaoirleach rightly said, among Noel's many gifts and talents, his ability to remember faces and names...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the FCI representatives. For the record, any opportunity that I have had at any of these meetings, whether it was with the Department or whoever else, I agree wholeheartedly that it is not possible to farm by calendar and we need to avail of scientific technologies. Local knowledge is a big part of this too. I come from a fairly northern part of the country and the further north...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Daly: Is there any feedback from the contractors on whether things are improving in the forestry sector?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Paul Daly: I second Senator Martin’s proposed amendment to the Order of Business and compliment him on the fantastic Bill he is putting forward, which I have read. It is a vitally important Bill for all sporting events. Since the inception of pay-per-view television, the main source of income of many sporting organisations has been the sale of their media rights. Something needs to be done to...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Paul Daly: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021, copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 20th October, 2021.”

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Paul Daly: I am delighted to support the motion to extend the upper ceiling for the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. I welcome the Minister and his contribution. Four minutes is a short time to speak so I will not rehash the figures and the investment into the fund, and the great role that it plays in rural Ireland. Most, if not all, horse and greyhound trainers are based in rural areas. Having a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister and the officials. As always when we are dealing with racing, I put on the record, although it is probably well known at this stage, that I am chairman of Kilbeggan race committee. I also have one brood mare and its progeny. I suppose I could be called a breeder, although small one. I welcome the Minister and pledge my support and that of my party for the increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I thank the Minister. I welcome Mr. Nolan and thank him for being here. On the previous occasion the Minister was in here, I raised two points. I will not quote the Minister on anyone else's points which were raised on the day. No doubt the members will bring it up. On slurry spreading and wastewater storage, nitrates action plans aside, like never before farmers will want to get the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I wish to share time with Senator McGreehan.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Taoiseach. There will be no element of surprise; I will be boringly predictable in mentioning agriculture. When I have to condense all that goes therewith into two minutes, I think the buck stops with forestry at the moment. When we talk about climate action and climate change our land mass provides our only way to capture, store and sequester carbon. While...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I wish to be associated with Senator Boyhan's remarks in complimenting and thanking the staff for facilitating the debate last night. However, I cannot let the occasion go, in commenting on his remarks as to why the debate went on for so long and what happened, to say I am blue in the face listening to arguments here about Bills being cut short and guillotines. On the one occasion on which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I thank Mr. Callanan, Mr. Moore and Ms Fay for their presence and for a comprehensive submission, which was very interesting and broad-reaching. I have a couple of brief questions. The first is based on almost the entirety of the Department's submission. Can the witnesses be any more explicit on timelines, for instance, when we will be able to do individual farm inventories? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I thank the representatives from Devenish. I had the pleasure of visiting the farm and I compliment them on the great work they are doing. Mr. Kennedy almost answered my first question. I must phrase this properly and I ask that the witnesses do not get me wrong. What Devenish is doing up there, with the backing of a multinational or as part of a multinational, is being done in somewhat...

Seanad: Forestry Licensing: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State for this debate on forestry. It is an ongoing debate, and has been both prior to and since she assumed the position as Minister of State with responsibility.That led to the Minister of State's predecessor, the former Minister of State, Andrew Doyle, commissioning the MacKinnon report, which the Minister of State mentioned and a copy of which I have before me....