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Seanad: Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: I wish to be associated with the warm welcome to our distinguished guests in the Gallery, and I compliment my colleague, Senator Gallagher, on bringing this Bill forward. The apparently unanimous support for the Bill across the House shows its importance. The point that often is lost is that while this is not a big headline-getter and is not top-of-the-bill news, it is a major crisis for...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: I also welcome the Minister to the House. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my personal sympathies and those of my party on the death of his father over the weekend. The Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Act was introduced by Fianna Fáil in 2001. While I welcome the Bill and will support it, the amount of money being invested in both industries could be increased. I ask...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: The Minister has an open invitation.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: Based on commentary I heard on the radio this morning, it is important that we, as public representatives and Oireachtas Members, highlight a phenomenon of recent years that has come more to the fore, namely, the famous Black Friday on which phenomenal offers and bargains will be advertised, particularly online. It was stated on the radio programme to which I was listening that many people...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: This morning, along with Senator Lombard and other members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, we launched a report on the future of the tillage sector. As was rightly said at the launch, this document is a starting point for debate and discussion on a sector that is in severe crisis. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to the House so that we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, and thank him for his report. It is well known that I am chairman of Kilbeggan Racecourse, which is one of the small racecourses. As I am heavily involved, I am very much aware of how important this fund is for the sustainability of the smaller tracks and training yards that generate employment and create income in...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am glad to have an opportunity to address this issue. I wish to apologise on behalf of my colleague, Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, for her unavoidable absence. She is the Sinn Féin spokesperson on this area and a constituency colleague of the Minister of State. She has done Trojan work on this issue and has made an enormous amount...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minster here this evening. I will be brief. I am not going to rehash what has already been said. It is quite obvious from all sides that there are issues with the JobPath scheme. They have been identified and highlighted. From a personal point of view what I came across first, and which has been mentioned, is that one becomes ineligible for a CE scheme if one happens to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the officials from the Department and thank them for their presentation. I would like to hear their opinions on what role the tillage sector can play in our efforts to achieve targets to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. As we are all aware, this committee has just completed a report on the future of the tillage sector and the crisis in which it finds itself as a result of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Upcoming CAP Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (7 Nov 2017)

Paul Daly: Most issues have been covered. We all have our own aspirations and we know where we think CAP funding should or should not go. What I am taking from the presentation today is that we are in a bit of a vacuum. We are expecting a document in November but there is a rumour the whole thing could be rolled out in 2023. Are we being side-tracked by Brexit? Could something come down the line...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: I wish to raise an issue along similar lines. It is not specifically about Garda numbers but about rural crime. To be honest, I had no intention of raising the issue this morning until, about half an hour ago, I received a telephone call from a gentleman who lives within four miles of me at home. He and his wife are both in their 70s. They had a family SME all of their lives and employed...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: That is not solving the problem. I wish to go through the Chair. To play politics with this issue is not appropriate. We are going back 11 years there.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: There are no solutions in the Deputy Leader blaming previous administrations. The problem is here and now and we need solutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: Thank you, Chairman. I would like to revisit the pricing issue, which was mentioned by a number of members. With the greatest of respect to Mr. Nallen, to cut to the chase, it is not the model of the pricing, or how it is construed or come up with that is the issue. When one talks to the farmers, and we have had representatives before the committee, the bottom line is that the witness is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: The witness said Minch Malt liaises with Teagasc and that he has the production figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: What is the average profit, on the price that Minch Malt is paying per tonne, for the farmer based on the Teagasc figures? I refer to payment on the actual product, without subsidisation and the CAP payment. Based on the Teagasc input figures and the price Minch Malt is paying, how much profit can a farmer hope to get on production of one tonne, or per acre based on average yield?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: The witness is being questioned by a farmer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: Is that €150 per acre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Daly: What kind of yield is that based on?