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Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House and thank Senator Ardagh for sharing her time, although it may not be on a 50-50 basis. I am the spokesperson for agriculture in my party and my colleague on the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine spoke about agriculture so I will not rehash the areas he mentioned but one that needs serious attention is the whole forestry sector. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome Mr. Christal and Mr. O'Flynn witnesses and thank them for their presentation. I want to go back on the sheep milk side of things, which Deputy Flaherty touched on. Being honest, that is probably why the witnesses are here this evening. Sheep milk came up when the Crosse brothers from Cashel attended this committee and discussed their innovative idea of sheep milk. As well as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: What about the processors? This has come up a number of times now about the primary producers. When the Crosse brothers were here they did not need funding to buy or milk the ewes but it was for the processing of the cheese or whatever it is called. It is a processing business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: The milk would need to be processed even if it went out in milk form. There is potential there. They would not be a primary producer but they would maybe be a member of a co-operative, for the want of a better word, feeding the raw material into that cooperative or that company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I did not mean a policy restriction. I was putting the cart before the horse in that, if it was policy, could Enterprise Ireland drive it? There is one family and one company, Sheep Milk Ireland. Hypothetically, if the Government decided that there is a future in this area, that is the only company. It has talked to Enterprise Ireland already but can EI be instructed by Government that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome Mr. Punch and Mr. Byrne and thank them for their presentation. They are preaching to the converted. There is nothing they have told us that we have not heard before. I will again go on the record that, based on what is in their presentation and for many other reasons, I cannot fathom why sheep sector, and the mushroom sector for that matter, do not qualify for the Brexit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I am not asking Mr. Byrne to breach the confidence of the council. I do not like to hear someone who is on a council or committee saying they want to ensure it does not become a talking shop. Is that the direction it is heading? Can Mr. Byrne see any light at the end of the tunnel for the wool sector, based on the council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I do not want Mr. Byrne to divulge anything that might be confidential.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Does it see potential to have a positive influence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Deputy Fitzmaurice touched on a matter I was going to raise. Like him, I was that soldier who bought a few store lambs at this time of the year, basically to clean up the paddocks and, it was hoped, make a few bob. There was nothing in it. Between the odd fatality and the odd birth, I ended up with new ewes with lambs I had not planned on having. I have not done this in a few years and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: The point I am making is more for Mr. Punch. Does he see his organisation as being in a position to spearhead this? His organisation represents the sheep farmers of Ireland. In conjunction or collaboration with the Crosse brothers and whoever else, could Mr. Punch see a role for the ICSA? We are all talking about it but somebody is going to have to grab the bull, or in this case the ram,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: With the greatest of respect to other people out there, I should not have mentioned only the Crosse brothers. They were before the committee. I mean the greatest of respect to anybody else in the field.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Regarding the sheep census, what is the trajectory? Are national numbers dropping or are they holding up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: Does Mr. Punch see them remaining stable, based on everything that has been discussed? In my opinion I can only see the numbers going in one direction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: We would be told that Bord Bia is supposed to be doing the marketing. Representatives of Enterprise Ireland were in here before the delegates present, and that was on the back of having heard from the Crosse brothers from Cashel, who had the idea of a sheep milk market. Having spoken to the representatives of Enterprise Ireland today and from the bit of research I have done, I believe...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I thank the Senator and the Minister of State. She is going for the hat-trick and remaining with us. Senator McGreehan is next.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I thank the Minister of State. The Senator has one minute for a supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister, Mr. Callanan and Mr. Massey to this debate. There has been a robust debate nationally for the last week but a time has to come where one stops flogging the dead horse and we start looking at resolution and solution-driven debates. As was mentioned, a delegation from this committee was in Brussels last week. It was evident for anyone who was there – all members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: With the greatest of respect, Mr. Callanan is not answering my question. I get that total, the 80, the 92, the 106. I get that the average was at 89 kg of nitrogen and that is as close as we will get to the average. I imagine the bands were worked out from that. That 89 kg figure was calculated on the basis of there being 5 kg of nitrogen in a cu. cm of slurry. It is now down to 2.4 kg...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Paul Daly: When was it changed?