Results 1-20 of 123 for long speaker:Paul Daly

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ...representatives before the agriculture committee on numerous occasions and indeed the issue has been raised in this Chamber on numerous occasions. While I genuinely welcome this, and while it goes a long way towards compensating people, I have to add that the last issue I raised in this Chamber about ash dieback was that of roadside trees and the danger they pose. This scheme will only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: I appreciate that. I thank the witnesses for their presence this evening, their briefing notes and so on. I know this has a long way to go, but it is when things are at draft stage and in their infancy that, if we can influence them, it is time to act on them. I thank the witnesses again for being here this evening. The next meeting of the joint committee will be at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: Kind of. I still have issues with the prediction of the temperature and it not happening or, as I said, it becoming hotter. Nine hours in continental Europe will bring drivers a long way and they will pass through different conditions. Look at what we get here every day. A driver could pass through many different weathers and temperatures in nine hours of solid driving on the Continent....

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ..., Deputy Burke, who will have ten minutes to speak, it gives me great pleasure to welcome him in his role as a full Minister. As a former Westmeath County Council colleague, he and I go back a long way in politics. It was not by design but it is brilliant that I actually happen to be in the Chair when he comes in for his first engagement here. I sincerely congratulate him on his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ...to the wheel and get private planters and private landowners back growing trees, thereby restoring confidence in the whole sector? That is a short question but I would like a comprehensive, long answer.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Daly: ...church. It is such a vast sector with so many integral sectors within it. The Minister's speech has highlighted that the key topic at the moment is the weather and the issues pertaining to the prolonged spell of wet weather we have had since almost the start of July last year. I compliment the Minister. It is unusual in this Chamber – it is nearly a first for me – for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Paul Daly: ...of the derogation was first mooted. Where there is N and P in water and farmers engage in actions such as the reduction in artificial fertiliser, the introduction of LIS, or the provisions in ACRES, how long does it take to see improvement? How long between the actions being taken by farmers and so on before we see an improvement in water? Was enough time given between the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister and his officials and compliment him on bringing the Bill to this stage. The review of the 2001 Act has been ongoing for a long time. I recall we had many wholehearted discussions on it during the previous committee. I usually sat in this corner, with the Minister by my side. It would be remiss of me not to mention my former constituency colleague, Willie Penrose,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: ...present, this process is only going to snowball and God knows what the wait times might. Thankfully, there has been a keen interest and a large uptake and this has been given as the reason for the long wait time We must also take into consideration that, along with the warmer homes scheme, there is also the local authority retrofit programme and the low-cost energy home loan scheme for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: ...my slurry to an anaerobic digester, I would get back the by-product which in itself is a fertiliser and I can store it in a hay shed and use it when climatic growth conditions are at their best. I know that is a long way down the line but it is a conversation that needs to be had and it needs to be expedited. Rather than investing in extra slurry tanks, the money that would go in TAMS to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: How do they infect timber to the naked eye? If they were in already, how long would it take before it could be seen by the naked eye that there was a problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Daly: .... Hypothetically speaking and for the purpose of conversation, if and when the Scots find a beetle in the free area, the alarm bells will be going off here big time. Will they be able to say how long the beetle is there and how many other beetles were in that plantation? What about the logs that, at that stage, have already come into Ireland? We would then be shutting doors after...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: ...it is not just the sellers. In fairness to sellers, they are probably losing more but there are many suckler farmers who cannot afford to take a hit. Farmers are taking a hit collectively. How long was this change in the melting pot? It was launched on 21 November. How much work went into it and how long did it go on? The Minister launched the SCEP on 20 March. Surely to god...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: ...representatives seemed to think there are TB resistant traits. Will science bring us to a situation of prevention, whether through vaccination or breeding? We will be working on a cure for a very long time because we have already been at it for a long time. We are only holding our own. We are peddling hard to stand still. I know the numbers of cattle have gone up so the percentage of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: How long, given the trials taking place in England, will it be before we could have a definitive conversation about the possibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Only this year. It was not there historically. Why was it initiated this year, if Mr. O'Loughlin does not mind me asking, if it was not something done with long standing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ...it will even tell you if there were drugs, historically, that would not show in blood or urine. It is similar with human beings. If you watch crime dramas in America, a hair sample can show how long somebody is clean. I believe it is similar with horses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ...really. Maybe I should go showjumping with my horses. I have a few questions. One quick question is on the licence issue. I get a lot of representations on registration, the passport and how long things are taking. Deputy Kehoe has dealt with the issue and I will not go over old ground but I have one quick question on it. How much does it cost an owner or breeder to get a passport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ...Deputy Kehoe has covered the issue. I will not call it "profit" because HSI is a non-profit organisation but, if it does not cost it €160 to provide a passport to an owner, irrespective of how long it takes, there is a margin involved. Why is that not being used to increase staff numbers or to improve the terms and conditions of existing staff when staff leaving to take up better...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: ...education and I am interested to know how the groups here think it could evolve and the role that they might play, namely, in agricultural, farming or food education for the public. I am going a long way back from the point where UCD is to the situation in national school but it is an area we should look at in Ireland. I was on a trip in Canada in a private capacity at its big bull show...