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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I thank Deputy Cahill for introducing this Bill. It is no secret that I was a member of the previous committee, which held numerous hearings on this issue. As a party colleague of Deputy Cahill, I have been with him every step of the way in bringing this Bill to where it is today. It will be no surprise to anyone that, for obvious reasons, I will not start knocking it at this eleventh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: Following on from the deals that are already done, how will the Bill influence their operation going forward? If the Bill is accepted in the morning and if the President signs it, what is the solution to get the corporates legal again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: What I was going to say has been discussed in a roundabout way during deliberations between Deputies Carthy and Cahill. I signalled for the Vice Chairman's attention to come in to propose the committee would agree today to let the Bill go to the next Stage. I propose that as somebody who was in the previous committee which had VCI in and based on deliberations I had today about where VCI...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State and Mr. Lucas. As Deputy Collins said, coming into the fray so late in the game, a lot of what I had intended to ask has already been asked. That is not to say I would be over the moon about the answers that were given to some of the questions. I have lost count of how many meetings we have had on this issue. The submissions we received from guests on each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses from WASG. On a lighter note, I warmly welcome the fact we have members of the IFA, ICMSA, ICSA and INHFA coming to us collectively with a common goal. Maybe the delegates will pass on to their male counterparts in their representative bodies the message that if they work collectively and all sing from the one hymn sheet, they can be a hell of a lot more successful. I...

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

Paul Daly: I welcome Mr. Gleeson, Mr. Hayes and Mr. Dunne and thank them for their opening statement. I will go back to the deliberations with the Minister at the previous meeting, which, unfortunately, I could not attend, although I viewed the proceedings afterwards. There was a discussion on the proposed regulatory or systems review. Who will provide the terms of reference or the scope for the...

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

Paul Daly: So the terms of reference have already been provided.

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

Paul Daly: Were the terms of reference put together by departmental officials?

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...