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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: At this evening's meeting of the committee on agriculture, various farm bodies will attend to discuss farm safety, mental health and farmers' mental health and well-being. In previous years in the Seanad there were statements on farm safety during Farm Safety Week. I do not know what has moved but last year and again this year Farm Safety Week has fallen during our summer recess. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farm Safety: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: I welcome our witnesses. I have been very active in the area of farm safety. Some colleagues will be aware that I have a Bill in the system. It is well buried but it has not gone away. It provides for establishing a farm safety agency in the same way as we have a road safety agency. I do think that is the way to go but we will not waste any time on that today. To Ms Rohan, I cannot say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farmer Mental Health and Well-being: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: I welcome Teagasc and the IFA. I am a client of Teagasc and a member of the IFA. For those of us who are neither, how do we get to those organisations? They are both doing great work and providing great information for their membership and clients. The vulnerable person out there is most likely someone who is not a member of an organisation, not going to IFA meetings and will not be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farmer Mental Health and Well-being: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: I will allow the remaining two members for two minutes each and our witnesses can answer everything in a wrap-up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farmer Mental Health and Well-being: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: There were a number of questions there. We will have a final wrap-up because we are conscious of the fact we have another item to do and we have to be out of this room before 6 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Councillor Aoife Davitt on becoming the first female cathaoirleach of the county council of my native Westmeath. As we all know, Aoife is a sister of our colleague Senator Davitt. It is annual general meeting time for the councils, so I congratulate and wish all incoming cathaoirligh the very best of good luck and...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: I was at a meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight and I left because I did not want to miss the opportunity to attend the Minister of State's first visit back to the Seanad. As a former Member, colleague and good friend in the previous Seanad, I want to welcome him and wish him the best of luck in his new role. I know the portfolio is in capable hands but it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: Go raibh maith agat, Cathaoirleach. I know time is limited but that exchange reminded me of an uncle of mine who was training a sheepdog one time and it was not going well. The reason he gave for his lack of success was the dog had come from the Gaeltacht and did not understand him. The witnesses are all very welcome and I think we are all on the one side of the fence on this one. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: I am listening. It is not about votes. I was a farmer before I was a politician. I am listening and I will be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Daly: I second that proposal.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: I also welcome our friends from Slovenia to the House. I want to raise the issue of the recent coverage of the RSA and its consideration of introducing tractor driving tests and training for those aged 16 and over. As of now, a 16-year-old can just apply for a provisional licence and, without any training, step up on one of the monstrosities of tractors that we see on our back roads now....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. We had a vote. I will ask my few questions. If I have to go, I will follow up on the witnesses' answers. If I do ask anything that was asked while I was away, please tell me. I have three questions but time is an issue so I will ask them and give the witnesses time to respond. We are reading a lot of commentary about TAMS being deficient in funds and that due...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: I am sorry for interrupting Mr. Savage. Is that for future applications or could applications already in be delayed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: Was all grassland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: If something was wrong, it was wrong in your favour, not mine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: I have the paperwork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: That was not the case, but Mr. Morrin is saying it is now?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses from ETBI and SOLAS this morning. I have two questions I would like a comment on. Recently, there has been a lot of commentary about delays in off-the-job training because of funding and the breakdown there. The witnesses might comment on that, where it is at and where it is going. I read an article about it recently. The second question might be broader and I...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: Does SOLAS then follow up, for example like teacher in-service training, for qualified apprentices to catch up with the changes in the technology or the skills that they have learned or qualified in? Is there such a thing as short-term blocks of education to keep them up to speed?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Daly: I refute the remarks of my colleague, Senator Mullen, with regard to Fianna Fáil's attitude towards drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth. I presume he was referring to the part of our manifesto that mentioned decriminalising certain drugs for personal use. That is a health-led response to drug addiction and a far more compassionate way of dealing with a problem than the...