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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: Okay. I have a couple of more questions based on the output of licences over the year to date and how it may or may not be helping what is perceived to be the supply of timber. What was the clear-fell year on the 92 licences issued in August? How many of them would have had a 2021 clear-fell year on their issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: Looking at the dashboards on licence issuing, two licences have a clear-fell year of 2021. Only those two licences can go towards meeting the shortfall in the supply of timber at present. Forty-eight licences will not even commence harvesting until 2022. As we are coming into the winter months trying to meet demand for timber, we are looking at the wrong thing when we are looking at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: We are getting a lot of coverage at present and a lot of people are on to us about the price of timber and the shortfall of timber in the market. I am trying to get to the kernel of the issue. Of the 1,200 felling licences that have been granted this year, only 419 had road licences. If we were to make an assumption that give or take 25% of felling licences do not need a road licence it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: How much of a shortfall is that on the demand that is there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I know what Mr. Hayes is saying but the point I am making is while we look at the dashboard and see the number of licences granted being way below what we would like to see, even those that are being granted do not necessarily mean the companies mentioned in the various areas that are struggling can get boots on the ground felling trees.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I have several more quick questions. Based on what we have agreed on here, there will be a massive shortfall in our target of 8,000 ha this year and possibly in future. Has the Department had communication with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on what possible amendments the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, may have to make to the climate action plan because of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I have received representations from a man who has applied for a reconstitution licence. He had previously received a felling licence. He applied for his replanting licence in February. I made representations on his behalf and seven months later, on 18 August, the answer I received was that the current estimate was that it would take at least nine months. I was asked to note that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: The correlation I am making is that as there was an environmental assessment for the felling licence, why redo it all for a replanting licence on the same site when replacing trees with trees? I will forward the details of the individual case but the question I really am asking is how many people are in the same situation. They are in limbo. They are caught. How many such applications...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: No, I am referring to afforestation. I am referring to a man who received a felling licence and removed his forestry. Under his original contract, he has to replant trees on the land he has felled. He obtained a felling licence and felled it. Now he is applying for a licence to replant it and he has been told it will be the best part of two years before he receives it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: This man is hugely out of pocket. Deputy Fitzmaurice gave an example of a man who ploughed and will have some income off the land. This man is not deciding to go into forestry. He is not grazing the land now while he is waiting. There is nothing on the land because it is a harvested forest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I have the correspondence from the Department. I have the licence number from the felling licence and I have the response, which says it will be nine months, at least, before he gets his felling licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I welcome the officials from the Department. Deputy Browne mentioned the "Panorama" programme. I could go on for the full remaining hour about last night's "Panorama" programme. Without being flippant, I am conscious that we convened today with a different agenda, which was formed prior to the airing of last night's programme. However, I would hate to miss the opportunity to get the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I ask Mr. Drea to speak a small bit about the role the Department plays, albeit perhaps a different section, in feed regulation or testing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I thank the officials from the Departments for being here today. A lot of what I was going to ask about has been covered. I mean that loosely because, while the questions have been asked, they have not necessarily been answered to my satisfaction. I have a couple of questions. I note that Mr. Nugent has said there is no dispute between the Departments. We would probably be a lot nearer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: Does Mr. Nugent not believe that the solution to this problem, which would get us to the endgame as part of a just transition, is for Bord na Móna to engage with the system in respect of selected bogs? I am talking about a targeted tonnage specifically for the horticulture sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I am sorry. I know that. I am aware of the historical facts. I asked whether Mr. Nugent thought it would have been a solution, as part of a just transition and to get us through until alternatives are developed, for Bord na Móna to suspend operations and to engage with the system in respect of specific targeted bogs, which may even need some manicuring before wetting, with a view to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I do not get what that answer has to do with the commercial side of its operations. Ceasing to sell is not something that has to be done when a body considers itself a commercial entity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: Does Mr. Nugent not see how a reversal of that decision, or how the initial decision was made, is what has caused the problem for the horticulture sector? A reversal of that decision could be an interim solution until we come up with some of the alternatives that are being researched. If three individuals in the private sector were trying to solve a problem, at this stage I, or somebody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I said "discuss" not "instruct".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Daly: I welcome Mr. Halford and Mr. Grassick. I put my own interest in the game on the record the last time. Nothing has changed since then. I am also conscious of and I got a little bit of commentary on over-running in my questioning and taking up too much time the last day. That may be down to the fact I am passionate about the industry and the business. I apologise and I will be more brief...