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Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Daly: ...These regulations have direct effect, leaving some details for member states to provide for in national law.Part of the Bill relates to fertiliser regulation and the establishment of a fertiliser database. I thank the Minister and his officials and all the stakeholders involved for their work on the legislation to date. It has been a long-drawn-out process in many regards. These...

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

Paul Daly: ...concerns must be put on an equal footing with climate change responsibilities and the central role of an exporting country such as Ireland, which has a carbon-efficient food production sector. By 2050, agriculture will need to produce almost 50% more food than it did in 2012, according to the UN, to meet global food demand. Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions profile is unique within...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Paul Daly: I thank the Minister for his statement and I too welcome the members of the Ulster Farmers Union who are here today. Fianna Fáil is committed to protecting and developing agriculture for the 140,000 farming families in Ireland. We believe in the family farm model as the main driver of the rural economy and custodian of the Irish countryside that places environmentally and socially...

Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)

Paul Daly: I move:That Seanad Éireann:notes: - the major role agriculture plays in creating employment, generating economic activity and acting as a custodian of the countryside in Ireland; - the unique vulnerability and exposure of agriculture to fluctuations in the weather; - the on-going hardship inflicted upon farming communities across Ireland due to the fodder crisis that has been evident...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Paul Daly: ...the opportunity to discuss the 2016 annual national transition statement on climate action and low carbon development published last December and the initiatives being carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in this area. The EU 2020 target for Ireland was to reduce emissions by 20%. The Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, has estimated that Ireland will...