Results 81-100 of 1,873 for speaker:Paul Daly

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I will be very brief. To go back to what I mentioned earlier on Brexit, I still believe there will be problems down the line. We have to look at funding and how feasible, in the case of a hard Brexit, it will be for Waterways Ireland to have its head office in Enniskillen, outside the European Union. It is something we need to keep a very close watch on. I welcome the extension of the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: In fairness to the Minister and the officials from the Department, the best way I can put a response on earlier comments about the briefing is "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find".

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I understand this debate is due to adjourn at 5 p.m., at which point we will have deliberated for seven hours on this Bill but we will still be a long way off concluding Committee Stage. I am prepared to stay here longer. In fairness to the Minister, she has now spent seven hours in this Chamber. This is Committee Stage. This Bill has yet to go to the Dáil and it will then return to...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I agree with the point made by Senator Higgins. If legislation is sufficiently important it should be progressed quickly.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Exactly. I said I would prefer if we could do that rather than come back to it another day.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: A statement was made. It was said that because the Seanad has little legislation to deal with we should spread what we have thinly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the delegation and members of the board. I have been mentioned here on numerous occasions in the past so it is not a secret but I will put on the record that I am chairman of Kilbeggan racecourse so I have a vested interest in this area. I have been a member for 36 years and it is a great honour for me to be chairman for the past ten years. My heart is in what we call the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Mr. Kavanagh mentioned a few things in passing, such as that he does not like having different percentage rates when it comes to grants. I would like to see that change in the future. At national hunt race meetings run during the summer our disposal income is an issue, as it is with other tracks. I should not only refer to our track. It is hard for me; it was a slip of the tongue as much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Many of the questions Mr. Kavanagh has been asked and many of the statements that have been made are about how we have got to where we are. I would like to hear what plans we have going forward. From my perspective, I would like to hear what is in mind for the provincial tracks. I am known in those circles so I had a lot of people on to me about the foal levy. It has been covered but I...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister. Fianna Fáil supports the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill puts the voisinageagreement, concluded by the Governments of Ireland and the UK under the London Fisheries Convention 1964, into primary legislation. Under the voisinageagreement, Northern Ireland-registered fishing vessels are allowed to fish within Ireland's exclusive fisheries limits...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I completely support what Senator Ruane has just said. We sometimes take inquiries and commissions of investigation as being the be all and end all and the answer to everything. There was wrongdoing. We will have another inquiry or commission of investigation. While this is ongoing, the matter seems to be forgotten about and activities that are equally as bad can happen, particularly in...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: It goes on and on and on. There is an old saying in this country when we have let something happen that should not have happened - we are closing the door when the horse has gone. Lately, we seem to be closing a lot of doors when all the horses are nearly gone at this stage. This case is so sad and moving. The commission of investigation is welcome, as are the terms of reference, but we...

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State and I welcome the report and its recommendations. The key issue now is in its implementation. I do not know if the recommendations go far enough. If we go to the bone on this issue, we know that it is compulsory to have motor insurance so what greater business is there to be in, selling a product which is compulsory for consumers to buy? The insurers can...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I wish to be associated with the good wishes to the Chairman in this important process, which commenced this morning. I also want to be associated with the good wishes and sympathies expressed to those slain and injured in Westminster yesterday. Before I entered the Chamber, it was announced that one of the injured bystanders was Irish. That is the kernel of the topic of today's...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I am asking for comment on what has been in place. It will have consequences.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Common Travel Area: Department of Justice and Equality (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I do not want to come across as negative but, considering worst case scenarios, if there is a hard border how does the witness see us handling the common travel area for our European friends who can come to Ireland but cannot go to the North?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Election of Vice Chairman (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I second that proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I welcome the members of the delegation and thank them for the very comprehensive report. In particular I welcome Mr. Pat Lalor, my fellow Kilbeggan man. He has put Kilbeggan on the map with his porridge. It is always a pleasure for me to walk into a shop or even pass through the airport and see my home town's name on the shelf. It would not be there without the great work of Mr. Lalor...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Daly: I also welcome the Minister’s commitment to extending the consultation period, which was flagged at our briefing with the Department.