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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives from EASYFIX. As a farmer, I want to get my heard around this technology to figure out how it works. Deputy Fitzmaurice has covered much of that. To follow on from that, the witnesses spoke about their research and science and referred to Holland. In that vein, how widespread is this technology in other European countries? I am referring to the slurry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: As regards Teagasc and the Department here at home, I have seen numerous studies Teagasc has been involved in, along with beef factories and individual farmers, with regard to the mat, where a comparison of the animal on concrete, on peat, on straw, on rubber and on concrete without rubber was done. Has EASYFIX had any dealings with Teagasc regarding the slurry aeration system? Has it had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: Has Teagasc verified any of the tests? Has it been involved in the aeration system in any way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: The Minister having been to EASYFIX probably answers the TAMS question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I have a couple of questions for Mr. Price based on his presentation this morning, for example with regard to carbon leakage and food security. I get what he has said about the Irish model, but it is proven to be one of the most efficient when it comes to emissions in production per kilogram of beef and per litre of milk. We have a growing population and we need to maintain food security....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I will follow on from Deputy Leddin with reference to the two previous submissions this morning and indeed on a broader scale. Does Mr. Price not give any consideration to the possibility of technological improvements, sequestration, farming habits and land-use improvements? We all have to accept that agricultural emissions will be largest in Ireland, considering we did not have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. My questions are based on the opening statement. We are where we are but I want to know how we got here. The answer to every question at the moment is the High Court ruling. Based on the High Court ruling and the need for planning permission, Bord na Móna made the decision not to seek planning permission, accepted the ruling, waved the white flag immediately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: Did Bord na Móna ever consider appealing to a higher court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: There is a derogation for sites below 30 ha once they pass a screening exercise. Has Bord na Móna conducted or is it in the process of doing screening exercises on its smaller holdings with a view to providing a just transition for the horticultural sector or similar sectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I will pose a hypothetical situation I hope we will never see. If there were a derogation occasioned by the war and the Government requested Bord na Móna to increase its briquette production, would it be in a position to do it? Forget about the High Court. At times like this, rules can change quickly. It was mentioned earlier that Bord na Móna is auctioning off machinery. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: That is the case until Bord na Móna comes to the end of its peat resources. I am talking about additional peat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: Would Bord na Móna have the necessary capability?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: The opening statement mentioned Bord na Móna's movement into renewable energy and bog re-wetting. With regard to re-wetting and carbon storage, how far advanced are the initial projects Bord na Móna is proposing to re-wet? What communication has the company had with neighbouring landholders? What process of communication has there been with neighbouring landholders or property...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: When Mr. Breen mentions community engagement, does that include engagement with individual land or site owners adjacent to the bog? Does that mean meeting them individually?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will be brief because the remainder of this evening's proceedings will be very much determined by the Minister of State's response and contribution. I will not pre-empt that. The majority of the money that has been invested by the three farmers involved was invested on the basis of specifications provided by the Department of Agriculture,...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: Next Thursday.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. I have already had contact with Dr. McLoughlin, which aroused my interest in this area, so I asked for its inclusion on the work programme. I thank the Chair and the committee for accepting that. Today is a beginning and more an educational process for us. In the second session, in which we will have Teagasc and the Department before us, we will be able to carry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: Dr. McLoughlin has somewhat answered where my question was going. If we had a magic wand and if the directive or the EU's attitude were to change, it would not be a carte blancheCRISPR-Cas9 that would be acceptable to the witnesses. They would want to see it defined as non-crossing of genes. They would want it to stay within the gene of the specific plant or animal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Daly: I would like to get a better idea of this. As for the technologies that are evolving in the countries that have accepted CRISPR, how far behind the curve are we compared with those countries on specific production yields, use of pesticides, etc.? Were the directive to change, how long would it take us to catch up? Could we piggyback on advances that others have made or would we need to make...