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Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Paul Daly: The training of young farmers is an issue that has come to my attention recently. We have had many debates on this and we have heard a lot of commentary about the loss of young people to the agriculture industry. There is an anomaly in the training of young farmers. The qualification a trained farmer receives is known as a green cert and this can be achieved in two different ways, either...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Mr. Healy has covered a lot in his summation of the first few questions. His presentation was excellent and one could not find fault with it, if one is in a commercial situation. I am from the northern half of the country. In the northern half of the country and the western seaboard we still have, and we always will have, small family holdings. Mr. Healy mentioned that for proper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Different Approaches and New Opportunities in Irish Agriculture: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and I would like if they could broaden out on some issues for my information because it is a new concept to me to be honest. I would like to know where the organisation base started from their point of view. Do they recruit members or are they just like minded people who came together? What long-term rules and regulations do they lay down to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Paul Daly: As a former teacher and a current member of my local school's board of management, I want to raise the removal of history and geography as core subjects for the junior cycle. This a regressive step. I am not going to stand here and be hypocritical as I stood here before looking for the inclusion of farm safety, along with other things. I know the logistical nightmare that is timetabling in...

Seanad: Local Government Accountability Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Bill and compliment the proposer, seconder and those who brought it forward. I find it hard to believe that we are discussing the Bill today and that it needs to be put forward as a Private Members' Bill. I cannot believe it has not been passed and we need to discuss it at this stage. Section 237A of the Local Government Act 2001 refers to Oireachtas Members. The current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the representatives before the committee from the various banking organisations. I will follow on somewhat on what my colleague, Deputy Penrose, has been saying. The common denominator in every presentation was an increase in the overdraft facility as the solution to the problems facing farmers. As Deputy Penrose has said, any farmer or any person knows that an overdraft is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses today and I thank them for their contributions and the work they have done through the crisis. My initial question is to the witnesses from Teagasc. I ask that they do not get me wrong. We are where we are and it is not about a blame game. Perhaps they would consider this as constructive criticism. When we took the Minister on, from as early as last October, he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Some of my colleagues are probably moreau faitwith this situation as it is happening in their area more than my own. I know we discussed it in January. I am still grappling and coming to terms with the fact that, on appeal, the administrative penalty was dropped but the witnesses are still adamant that the land area in question does not qualify for any payment for the entire year. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Paul Daly: Deputy Ó Cuív has touched on the issue I want to raise. Did the Department put on the EU jersey as opposed to putting on the green jersey? Mr. McKiernan said he got legal advice. Was any approach made to Europe? We got extensions before for spreading slurry under exceptional circumstances. Was such a request made given the circumstances that the farmers had not burnt the land...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Paul Daly: A person can buy unsmoked back rashers with the Irish shamrock on the label in the Iceland chain of supermarkets. The brand is called Glendarra and the phrase "Master Butchers of Ireland" is on the label. If someone was to look at the back of the label, they would see that the rashers are of Spanish origin. This misleads consumers. I acknowledge that if a Spanish company feels the need to...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Paul Daly: It is a pity they do not all have somewhere to live.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Paul Daly: I thank the Acting Chairman for his indulgence. I know he is under time pressure. It is rather unfortunate for such an important issue to be squeezed into such a short time. I know it is a special day for Senators Lawlor and Marshall, and I can appreciate that. I will not go over any of the previous items that have been mentioned by other speakers because of the amount of time available...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Phil Hogan (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Commissioner to the House and compliment him on all the great work he has done to date in what is a demanding brief. It is particularly demanding at the moment with the review of CAP, Brexit and the foreign trade deals all being so interlinked and influential on each other. We could quote an old slogan of ours. The Commissioner has a lot done but there is a hell of a lot more...

Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)

Paul Daly: I move:That Seanad Éireann:notes: - the major role agriculture plays in creating employment, generating economic activity and acting as a custodian of the countryside in Ireland; - the unique vulnerability and exposure of agriculture to fluctuations in the weather; - the on-going hardship inflicted upon farming communities across Ireland due to the fodder crisis that has been evident...

Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)

Paul Daly: I am glad to have the opportunity to conclude the debate. I thank Members across the House who have supported the motion. While I thank the Minister of State for his response, to say I am disappointed would be an understatement. In his statement, he rehashed the actions which have been taken by Government since last September. In essence, that is why we are here today. There is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister and the officials here this evening. I will not rehash any of the points that have been made already. From what I have heard here this evening and looking at the Minister's response, I think there is a feeling out there, maybe even among the farming community, that Ms Jean Byrne or Ms Joanna Donnelly will announce the end of and solution to this problem at 9 p.m....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister. As Deputy Jackie Cahill said, there are three major issues which, from where we are sitting, are all negative and very much interlinked. One will have a knock-on effect on the other. Brexit will have an effect on the budget for the CAP. It would affect the beef industry, even if there was no Mercosur. It looks like the beef industry will be hit from two angles....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: I asked the Minister about the attitude, planning and contingencies in the Department and what its feelings were about more discretion being given to the Department or individual state in CAP. There was not much reference to any of it in the answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: What is the state of planning? I assume there is ongoing planning in the Department for each conceivable outcome of the three issues about which we are talking. What is the Minister's attitude and the attitude of the Department? Has anything been put in train or have any plans been put in place for more discretion to be given to the Minister and his Department post CAP? It seems to be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Paul Daly: I refer to Mercosur. There has to be complete agreement on our side on that, so are we prepared to use our veto on the beef issue?