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Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (16 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I do not know how good a timekeeper Shackleton was because clearly it is not a Kildare trait.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (16 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: The Taoiseach will not be surprised if I raise the issue of agriculture with him. He knows its importance and I compliment him. There are a number of issues coming down the track to us in agriculture, such as the CAP negotiations, the Mercosur deal, etc. in which the Taoiseach and the Minister will play a big role, in the back end of next year during our Presidency. There is, however,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó – Order of Business (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: On my way here this morning, I heard an interview on "Morning Ireland" with a lady called Ann Woodlock, who is an 86-year-old who won a gold medal for Ireland in the European Masters Athletics Championships in Madeira at the weekend. It was a breath of fresh air and I take this opportunity to congratulate her. It was such a refreshing interview. It got me thinking about the fact that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. I have a few questions written that I will throw at them and they can all give me their opinions on them. I want to hear them, not me, over my six minutes. We should have been here 20 years ago. That is probably the fault of the people this side of the room, not their side of the room, and I would be the first to hold my hand up in that regard. We need to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: Okay, my time is ticking away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: Approximately how many jobs are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: We can extend my time now because of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I will keep the show on the road while the Cathaoirleach is away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: Is Mr. Gildea zero-grazing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: Does Mr. Gildea do slurry all year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for letting me go ahead of him because I have to go. Going back to the figures Mr. Gildea gave us at the start, he said his farm has 160 kg in what sounds like a pretty sizeable outfit. Therefore, he does not need a nitrates derogation. How was he fixed before the anaerobic digestor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: It was the organic move as much as the anaerobic digestor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: What role does an anaerobic digester play in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: Sorry, I thought the anaerobic digester had done the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: Sorry, I did not realise the organic thing had such a role to play in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I have a couple of broad-ranging questions. I am a Whip in the Seanad and there a possibility of another vote so if I have asked the questions and I have to leave I will see the answers. Last night, I got a message in a WhatsApp group and it was one of those messages that says something will be organised if enough people are interested. Regarding apprenticeships, if some people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: In a scenario like that, where is the instructor found? If it is a new sphere, who is the expert?

Seanad: Support for Ukraine: Motion (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I second the motion. I thank our leader, Senator O'Loughlin, and everybody involved in putting the motion together. On 26 February 2022, my father died, four days after the outbreak of the current part of this war because that was not the start of this war, as we have to acknowledge. It has been a lifetime for me since that personal loss on 26 February 2022. I can only imagine what it has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. I also welcome my former colleague, Paul Gavan. It is nice to see him back in the Houses again, on the other side of the fence, so to speak. It has been a very engaging discussion so far this morning. Many problems or issues are being highlighted from both the perspective of the student and the college life. We will be doing a report on apprenticeships at the end...