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Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I declare an interest in this sector, as I am the acting voluntary chairman of Kilbeggan racecourse. I would fit into Senator Boyhan's category of horse breeder, being the owner of one brood mare and her offspring, which I could call very slow horses.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I have a serious interest in this sector, and I take exception to some of the remarks that have been made. I know they were made in good faith and with the best of intentions for the sector, but all those remarks seem to relate to the animal welfare side and to emanate from the famous RTÉ "Prime Time Investigates" programme. While I cannot, and would not, justify anything that was seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister. While it may already be known, I want to put on record that I am chairperson of a rural Irish racetrack, namely, Kilbeggan racetrack, and I am a big breeder with one brood mare. Having said that, it will be obvious that I will be supporting the proposals here. Kilbeggan is a one-horse town but we have a racetrack and the vitality and the life that having that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recall of Sanitiser Products: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: As some of what I had intended to raise has been covered by Deputy Carthy, I will turn to the sanctioning of the company that supplied the product. The product has been a cause of skin irritation. In case people have long-term issues down the line, have we examined how the company of supply will be held to account? In responding to Deputy Carthy, the Minister might answer my questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I understand the time constraints so I will be as brief as possible. I thank Ms Hurley and Mr. Carlin for the presentation. Following on from the point made by the Chairman regarding just 16% of the timber needed for 2021 being currently licensed, I ask the witnesses to elaborate on that point with regard to afforestation licensing. What percentage of planting is required for next year and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I will be as brief as possible. I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate her. It is brilliant to see a fellow Senator from the Upper House in a ministerial role. As she will have noted from previous contributions and our deliberations during the past week, the word “crisis” has been used and it has not been used loosely. I conscious she inherited this issue. I want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: Mr. Hayes is giving me the average statistic, but I am asking him what should the average time be. Mr. Hayes is the departmental official responsible for this. I do not want statistics: I can work that sum out for myself as to how long the applications took. What should the average time be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I have been raising this issue and beating the drum for some time. If we do not get this right, I see the potential consequences for the farming community, the merchants and the veterinary union. We could walk ourselves into a situation where we will affect animal welfare issues. I thank the Chairman and my fellow committee members for their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: To be brutally honest and frank, I am very much taken aback. I would worry about where we are going if departmental officials answer a question by saying they are new and were not in post at the time. Bureaucracy and paper trails cause a lot of problems, but all the paper trails are there. If I had only been in a Department for five minutes, I would have my homework done before addressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I cannot accept the claim that there is a significant increase in antiparasitic resistance from departmental official.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: We were in the middle of answering my questions when we got sidetracked based on some of Ms Garvan's comments. It is important, and as a farmer I have to put it on the record, that Ms Garvan's in her last answer on the problem did not say any one thing that would not have been said in a conversation between me as a farmer and the responsible person in the licensed merchants who supply me....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I will ask a couple of brief questions and make an observation and whoever feels they are most appropriately positioned to answer them can take them. Mr. McAuley mentioned in his submission that we can take forestry forward to where we want it to be and achieve the targets set out with "enthusiastic participation". How will we gain the enthusiasm of farmers going forward based on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Daly: I thank Mr. Gowran for his comprehensive submission to the committee. I will be brief as I know the Chairman is under a time constraint. I want to get more feedback from Mr. Gowran on a point Deputy Carthy raised. It relates to ash dieback and how he believes that situation has been handled to date. What could have been done better? What should have been done and what needs to be done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: I welcome our witnesses. I mean no offence but I wish to put something on the record. The representatives' group is called Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners but I stress that this issue does not affect Limerick and Tipperary only. I am from Westmeath and a farmer based outside Mullingar has contacted me with a serious problem in this regard. While I am not coming at the witnesses, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: There is one part of the question that I omitted. Is it continually spreading because it is an airborne disease? Is inaction causing the continuous spread in that scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: I welcome the IFA president, Mr. Cullinan, and Ms O'Sullivan to the committee. By virtue of the technological problems we are having, and to reiterate what Senator Boyhan said about Mr. Vincent Nally, a fellow county man of mine with whom I have had much contact and who is a mine of information on this whole sector, I propose that the committee accept a written submission from Mr. Nally in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: I thank the Chairman. With that in mind, I have just a couple of questions for the IFA president. We can go back and spend the limited time we have here talking about where ash dieback came from and whose fault it was that it came in. There is no future in history. This thing is about going forward and getting solutions to the problems we have on hand. The witnesses have commented on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and wish him good luck in the role. I also take the opportunity to congratulate the Chairman and Vice Chairman, Senator Lombard, on their appointment and to wish them both well in their briefs. I soldiered alongside the Chairman and the Minister, week after week, in the committee that sat during the last Oireachtas. I learned a lot from them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive answers. What is the situation in the context of Brexit, with de minimisand state aid rules? Have there been any negotiations with Europe on pumping support into particular sectors, if necessary, once the outcome of Brexit is known? Will we be hindered in any way in supporting any particular sectors by de minimisor state aid rules? Have there been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank her for coming to address this matter. It is my first opportunity to formally congratulate her on her appointment so I wish her the very best of luck. This topic continues from the matter raised by Senator Keogan, specifically the availability of the flu vaccine in GP practices. A number of GPs have contacted me, including my own GP,...