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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I welcome our guests here this evening. It is important that we get the industry's perspective on the nitrates derogation and the potential impact on the economy. I acknowledge the witnesses' document and the ten-point plan has been very well made. It sets out good parameters where we as a farming community need to go and to see whether we can actually get to where we need to go regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the industry, a 10% reduction in volume in 59 milk plants around Ireland, from Ballineen to Northern Ireland, means we are looking at a scenario where there could be issues in the industry itself and 59 could become 50, though I am not too sure. We need to start talking about how this will affect industry. Dairy farmers will absolutely be affected but the issue here is that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is the perfect storm in many ways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: We are trying to protect the family farm model, which has roughly 96 cows. We are trying to protect that across the entire farming platform. If we want to have issues with viability come into the system, as the Chair said, the implication is farmers going out of the system and us ending up with a New Zealand-style system off the back of the changes that are being proposed. What would that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I was not going to mention Cork but since Mr. Sheahan did, I need to acknowledge that the report states that the value of the milk product that comes out of County Cork alone is €4.22 billion. If we were to have a 10% drop in that in the county, it would be the most significant drop ever. That would take Ringaskiddy out of Cork in many ways with the impact it would have on the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Cronin explain from the co-operative point of view, from his people talking to farmers on the ground, how important the communication link is? He is having an event next Friday morning in Templemartin, which is part of that process. Will he explain what Dairygold is doing to inform farmers of what needs to be done on the ground?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Cronin. Mr. Mulvihill's graph C is very detailed. The source is the European Commission. He might elaborate about where we are going with the production of milk in Europe. I look at a superpower like France, which is down by 2.7%. I am hearing rumours that France could be a net importer of dairy products by the end of this decade. We are looking at a time-bomb when it comes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Acting Chair. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is more than welcome. It is always a pleasure to have her before us. Her Cork roots always come out in the responses. In that context, I am looking forward to her response. There is a need for the Minister for Health to review the recent changes that have been made with regard to home support services in Cork county. In...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: There are two issues, the first of which is that when the rostering was changed, there were talks between the HSE and the staff. The clients were not involved. That was a failure. The clients should have been involved regarding this issue. The timing of when the calls are made is becoming a major issue. People were traditionally getting a call in either the morning or evening and they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Next Wednesday, 5 June, is the start of the leaving certificate examinations. It is important that this House at some stage has a debate about how we actually deal with the 13,000 or 14,000 kids who are sitting their leaving certificate and junior certificate exams who have dyslexia. A significant campaign has gone on in recent years to try to make sure this cohort of children gets extra...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I raise the wonderful news that SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been given the go-ahead to hold a very important ladies' international football match. Ireland will play France on 16 July. It is a wonderful opportunity for Cork to show off its wonderful stadium. It is great for women's sport in particular that we have such an international fixture coming to Cork. It needs to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Well said, Senator.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: This is important legislation and progressing it through the House has to be a priority. Slightly off the topic, I want to ask the Minister of State's view of the process of how applications are made. People pay an application fee but if the country the applicant is coming from is ruled out, the ability of the applicant to get a refund on the application becomes a problem. I know of a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses. It is important that we have this debate and have clarity regarding what we are talking about. Approximately 136,000 students will be sitting the junior certificate and leaving certificate examinations this year. If we look at the statistics, 10% of those students are dyslexic. That is the cohort of people who are affected in the system today. That amounts, one...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: We could argue there is an advantage now for children who are not dyslexic. They can process things faster.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: The unfairness is not to the majority but to the minority, when we take into account that 10% of students are dyslexic.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Ms Feeney can see how people would be offended.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Why are we out of sync with the European and third level models?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: We do not seem to get complaints regarding the ability of third level institutions to interact with dyslexic kids. In fact, we hear great compliments for how they interact.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: A person probably does not get the confirmation of access for the junior certificate until third year. Is that true?