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Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for a very comprehensive and detailed explanation of the Bill. It was really appreciated. I do not intend to go through the Bill in such detail step by step today. That would be more appropriate to further Stages. Fianna Fáil supports the Bill and its passage to the next Stage. The Bill, as the Minister of State said, seeks to improve...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directive on Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. Some of the points I was going to raise have just been covered. I would like some elaboration on the proposal in the presentation on a sectoral regulator. What is being proposed there? How does Ms Goggin see it working? If there was a sectoral regulator, what would its relationship be with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission? Would it be under its...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: I would also like to address the housing crisis but from a different angle to some of the previous speakers and a different angle to that from which the debate has been concentrated recently. It is important that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government comes to this House to address how difficult it has recently become to get one-off planning permission in rural Ireland....

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: Why has it become more difficult across the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: I apologise for not being here for all of the meeting. There were lot of votes in the Seanad at the beginning of the meeting. I caught up with the submissions as the meeting went on. Most of the questions I had in mind have been covered but I have two technical questions for the ESB. Its representatives said it pays 10 cent per unit for the surplus produced by solar panels but it cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: How does it get into their residences without going through their meters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: Where can I see that on my bill if people are feeding into this at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: I said it was a short question but I did not say it would be a simple answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: The witnesses can see what I mean when I say how important it would be to bring the public with us on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: The public needs to see the ESB fleet go electric.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: I raise an issue which was brought to my attention regarding low-charge and flat-rate telephone calls, in particular involving numbers with the prefix 076 and 1890. In particular, I highlight the use of those numbers by public bodies and public services. Unfortunately, many of our public bodies' websites include only these numbers for customers to call. The fictitious belief is that they...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: Was the Leader trying to contact the Taoiseach's office?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: Organisations should be obliged to have a landline number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (25 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: I am a little disappointed by the lack of range in the directive. It seems tokenistic compared with what I hoped for. From my reading of it - correct me if I am wrong - it basically legalises the policing of contracts. The measures proposed by the directive already exist for suppliers, producers and retailers under contracts of supply. Breach of contract is addressed by European, Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (25 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: Could the change brought about by the provision that a buyer must pay no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the month in which deliveries have been made have negative repercussions for some suppliers? If a supplier had 30-day contracts, those could become 60-day contracts because under the directive if one sells something on the 1st of a month the buyer is not obliged to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (25 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: Does it provide a potential loophole for multinationals? Under the provision stipulating that a buyer must pay no later than 30 days after the month of supply and contrary to the current situation whereby one may supply on the 1st of a month and get paid within 30 days, a smart alec in a multinational may think there is a loophole and that the multinational is permitted under EU legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (25 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: How similar is the draft before the committee to what the Irish proposal would have been?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (25 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: What dispute regulator would be recognised under this legislation if there was an incident with a fresh product? For example, who would regulate if a multinational was sending back perishable goods and saying they were out of date by the time they were received whereas the farmer was saying they were not? Under the legislation, who will make the final call? What disputes regulator will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Climate Change Advisory Council (12 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: Deputy Ryan covered a lot. Professor FitzGerald's role is to advise on policy, not to sell the policy, but if we reverse the roles for the purposes of conversation or argument, how can he sell what he has given us this morning, particularly regarding CO2? If we use Mrs. Murphy in Mayo as an example, Professor FitzGerald started off brilliantly. If she is tuned in, she will save so much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Environmental Pillar (12 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses for being here. We are where we are. We all know where we are and why we are where we are. We probably should have had this meeting decades ago. However, we are here now. The committee is seeking guidance on what positive actions can be taken, the starting point being the Citizens' Assembly recommendations which the witnesses have referenced and quoted. This is...