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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Paul Daly: Most of what I was going to ask about has been covered by Deputies Cahill and Penrose. This is repetitive, but on the horrific issues raised by the RTÉ programme, when we sit back, look at it logically and seek constructive solutions, we have to return to the issue of traceability. If there was a proper system of traceability, dogs would not go missing and there would not be illegal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Paul Daly: Is it proposed to impose them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Paul Daly: Senator Lombard touched on traceability, which I wanted to raise. I will ask almost the same question I asked of the IGB. How does the ICC expect the matter to be worked out? What onus will be on owners to register or chip pups, and how can it be made a success? Knee-jerk reactions after the programme and so on are all good and fine, but there has to be traceability of greyhounds from...

Seanad: EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Paul Daly: I think it was Mick Doyle, a famous Irish rugby player, coach and pundit, who coined the phrase "get your retaliation in early". I am intrigued to see that the Minister has taken that up today in her opening statement by criticising Opposition Members for playing politics. I for one have no intention of playing politics or going for headlines, punchlines or soundbites on an issue that is so...

Seanad: EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Paul Daly: That is the 99,000 tonnes we will take, on top of the 270,000 tonnes we take already with tariff, because it is produced cheaply due to the methods. The tariff is paid but the beef remains more competitively priced than Irish and European beef. There is never a good time for a bad story or bad news for any sector. We export 90% of our beef and in turn 90% of that goes to the UK. If there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019: Motion (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome this concept also. I agree wholeheartedly with it by virtue of the fact that the industry has been brought in on it. A concern in the industry is how strongly ring-fenced the contribution will be within the AHI to ensure it is spent in the pig sector. It has been questioned whether the contribution would simply go into the AHI's overall budget and whether it could end up...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I congratulate Senator Grace O'Sullivan on her election and wish her the very best of luck in her new role as an MEP. She will be a great loss to this House. She is the third member of the agricultural panel to move on for one reason or another since we were elected. As someone on that panel a small bit of me thinks long may it continue. I want to raise the same issue as Senator Feighan....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: On a point of order, as the spokesperson for my party, I was accused in the House this morning of being hypocritical with regard to the Greyhound Racing Act 2019. Fianna Fáil opposed an amendment that would have placed a blanket ban on licensed exports of greyhounds to white-listed countries. What I said this morning was that the greyhounds that were featured in last night's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I rise today to raise the issue of electric vehicle charging points, but not the lack of same or the need for more. I have been contacted by a number of people who recently invested in electric vehicles in regard to their inability to access charging points, particularly in rural areas and small villages, as non-electric vehicles are being parked or abandoned in front of them. This is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Judicial Discretion) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I second the proposal.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives from the Central Bank. I have some brief questions to flesh out what was said in the opening statement. I accept that the first issue I raise is not in our remit but it is related as it will affect us. To what extent has the Central Bank looked at the British economy post Brexit? Sterling is a stand-alone currency and while Britain is not in the eurozone, it...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: Is there any fear of a mini-overheat of the economy if that was to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Paul Daly: I wish to put my apologies to the witnesses on the record. I had a brief meeting at 4 p.m. that turned out to be not so brief and as I was coming back we were called to a vote in the Seanad. I will not go over what has probably been raised already. I will read the transcript and if there is anything that is not in there that I would like to know about, I will send the witnesses an email on...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister to the House. I will begin by providing some background information on farm safety issues and fatalities on farms, of which not everyone may be aware. Unfortunately in the year to May, nine of the 17 recorded workplace deaths happened on farms or in the agricultural sector. The sector accounted for more than 50% of...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I thank all my colleagues for their support today. As I said at the outset, this is such an important issue but I am a little taken aback by the Minister of State's response, to be honest. Perhaps the Minister of State had to take the approach he took but I had hoped that under the circumstances and given the topic of conversation, he would not take a defensive attitude. I was very...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Paul Daly: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I thank the Chair, and I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for their attendance. I have a comment on the overall scene. I welcome the presentation and the good work Teagasc is doing, but we are all familiar with the 21:28: 51 model that is going around when it comes to beef, wherein 21 cent of every euro that is spent across the counter by a person buying Irish beef, 21 cent or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: I welcome the comprehensive and detailed presentation. It is one I will take away and study in detail. It contains so much information that, until I analyse it, there seem to be few questions left that need to be asked. I would like a further comment on the reported cartel operating within the beef industry in terms of price fixing or communication within the sector before prices are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: Mr. O'Leary is using the argument of the final output being a maximum, if participants meet all their targets, of 5% of the beef industry. Regarding the point Deputy Cahill made, how far back down the trading curves or trends does the CCPC go to examine this? To buy into this scheme and produce the 5% of the beef if all targets are met, one must buy all one's inputs, including unrelated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Paul Daly: My question about mergers and acquisitions was not addressed.