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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: The purpose of this whole exercise from a farming perspective is food production and it never gets a mention in the conversation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Is Ms Dubsky talking about drinking water?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Does or could purification for drinking water remove the nitrates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: When the water gets to the point of being drinking water, it has gone through the purification system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: If we were talking about streams here, okay, but is drinking water not treated? Does the treatment process not address the nitrate content?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I am talking about public drinking water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: We are talking about public drinking water. Is it not part of the process for the purification of drinking water that nitrates are taken out or neutralised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I would imagine that is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: It is not desirable from the point of view of any of us that nitrates would be going into the water but I would be very surprised if they were then in the water that people drink when it comes out of the purification system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: My question is about purification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: It should be happening.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I also welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber this afternoon. I raise an issue today with regard to the warmer homes scheme. As she is no doubt aware, the Government's climate action plan was published in November 2021. Among many other very welcome schemes, it included the warmer homes scheme. I have been contacted by a constituent. I would like to put on record the correspondence...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State’s response and I welcome and appreciate the facts she mentioned with regard to the increased spend and the reduction of six months. However, the reduction of six months to 20 months is still unacceptable. I also welcome the fact that new staff are being recruited. This needs to happen. The bottom line on this is we can all say we are delighted about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I am sorry I was late and did not get to hear the presentation but for once I have my homework done and I had them read. I have two questions for both organisations to get their comments and I have two comments to make first. I compliment the Chair and the members of the committee for initiating this study and doing the report to enhance our chances as best we can to hold onto the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Sorry, the question was on the feedback the organisations are getting from the other organisations about their political masters. I know well they will not find it hard to convince their farm organisation colleagues. What feedback are they giving of the governments in their countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Yes. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I ran out of time initially. I only want to get a comment from both organisations. No doubt they will be aware Tirlán is fronting a water-quality project in the Slaney catchment area in collaboration with Teagasc and the local authority water programme of Carlow, Wicklow and Wexford. Is that the road to go? The processing industry has as much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I thank the representatives of Macra na Feirme for attending. As I said in the previous session, I thank the committee for coming up with this initiative. This is the first meeting in a process where this committee will formulate a document with an argument, making as strong a case as possible through our meetings and investigations to try to ensure we maintain the derogation. It is vital....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Do our European colleagues see it that way? That is a narrative we are being given. We are often told it will not be easy to get this and that we are asking our 26 European colleagues to vote to give us an unfair advantage. What feedback are the witnesses getting in Europe and from Brussels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Not if farmers are putting it out on 13 January because they have to.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: Before the Minister of State commences, I welcome the chargé d'affaires of Iraq, who is in the Gallery with our colleague, Senator Ahearn.