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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Daly: I know the markets are there. As 100 farmers are not feeding 5 million people, there is bound to be a market there. I asked the question because I was in conversation recently with a man who used to grow pumpkins for the Hallowe’en market. He got out because he could not compete with the produce coming in from Holland. Even though the market was there, he could not compete with the...

Seanad: Beef Sector: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Paul Daly: ...location or farming type, have far greater farm holdings, far more hectares of land. It is a double whammy for the beef farmers that their proposed new CAP will be, from what we hear, reduced by 5% but that they may also lose some of their entitlement value through convergence. This is one thing the Minister can address when it comes to their input costs. Another area about which we are...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: ...penalties regime, delayed payments, highly bureaucratic schemes and repeated annual underspends by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The underspend in 2017 was €102 million, and it was €106 million in 2016. We have had this debate before. The Minister will have the answers and will again deny such underspends but the figures do not lie. The take-up on...

Seanad: Developments in Organic Sector and Greyhound Industry: Statements (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Daly: ...is a very clear indicator that there are issues within the sector and people are struggling to maintain the standards required of them and survive on the funding available. Some 1,721 farmers on 52,390 ha out of the total of 140,000 Irish family farms, while commendable, is very low. It is below 2%. The EU average is between 5% and 6%. In other parts of the world - Australia being a...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Daly: ...own sake will not bring them home or give them any more of a connection with Ireland and how Irish governance is carried out. Today, we are discussing the giving of a vote in a Seanad election to up to 5 million people. We still will have vocational panels, where people will have a choice as to which panel they will work from. The logistics will not be possible. We could have a dry run...