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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: This is a global problem. For example, say grain farmers here moved over to afforestation, became carbon sinks rather than carbon sources and we balanced the books to become carbon neutral. Last week with the snow, our fondness of bread was a national joke. We also have thriving brewing and distilling industries. We will need grain to sustain those industries. What if the grain comes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: I apologise for my absence due to a vote in the Seanad. The Chairman can tell me if I repeat anything. A question I was thinking of before I left for the Seanad was to ask the four groups their views on organic farming, as one of the least greenhouse gas emitting sectors, being a solution to this problem. What bonuses could the dairy sector see it giving to dairy farming? Likewise, with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: I also welcome the witnesses and thank them for the presentation. We will meet Coillte after this session. Mr. Healy said approximately 630 farmers signed up between 1993 and 2012. Most or all of these contracts are weighted towards Coillte because the farmers took Coillte at face value as being an arm of the State. We as politicians know from our daily dealings with people that for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: I will be brief as many of my questions have been covered in the earlier exchanges. Based on what I have heard in the two presentations, I would not be very familiar with the issues involved. When does the famous contract terminate? One would imagine it is a one-cycle contract that ends after the clearfell. If that is the case, why are we being told that some of the contracts contain an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: We have entered murky water in discussing meetings and telephone calls. We heard that a relatively large proportion of letters Coillte issues to partners are returned to sender. In cases involving letters that are returned, how many meetings have been held in the previous year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: I am referring to annual meetings, a telephone call, a form-filling exercise or whatever Mr. Murphy wants to call it. As a State body, surely Coillte will have records of the number of forms filled in, telephone calls made and meetings held, whichever the case may be. How many cases of form filling, telephone calls or meetings were recorded in the previous year in respect of those whose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: Is it not correct to say it was written in the original contract that the partner would be responsible for the replanting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: That is why I am asking the question. When does the contract terminate? The original contract stipulates the partner is responsible for the replanting, so there is an assumption that there will be a roll-over, which is another 25, 30 or 40 years. If a party signed a contract in the 1990s, he or she signed away the farm. That is if it is a roll-over contract, if we consider the timescale...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: Why is it in the contract that the partner will replant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: Is there not an obligation in the contract for the partner to replant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: What if the landowner wants to go back to grazing goats?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: Why would it be put in the contract that the land is tied to forestry for another 40 years if Coillte has no interest in it? From the replies, it seems Coillte reserves the right at the termination of the contract to tell the landowner what he or she can or cannot do but Coillte has no involvement in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: It is in there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: If I have a partnership with Coillte, I would be obliged to replant that and Coillte would be gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: The farmer is on his or her own at that stage and Coillte is gone with the timber and money.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: This morning I raise the matter of the humble spud, the Irish potato. Yesterday, the Irish Potato Conference took place and some of the results from it are stark manifestations of many of the issues I raised here in the past taking in the entire agriculture sector. It was revealed yesterday that the average price a farmer gets for a tonne of potatoes is €200 to €300. When a...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: What about Mullingar?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: The Senator is leaving us out altogether.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: The prefab is still there and the windows are still out.

Seanad: Versatis Medicated Plasters: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. There comes a time when the official line does not always tally with what is happening in the broader community and society. This is an occasion where we have to address an underlying problem. The withdrawal of Versatis patches has left many people with pain thresholds they can no longer tolerate. There is no doubt there has been a huge...