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

Tim Lombard: Is the herd keeper issue becoming a barrier to the scheme, particularly for younger people and females?

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

Tim Lombard: I am under time pressure, but I have one more question. I wish to discuss the apprenticeship programme that is being rolled out to level 6 and level 7 applicants. It crosses a range of schemes from sportsturf to farm management and from farm technicians to horticulture. This is an important programme that involves more Departments than just the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

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

Tim Lombard: Good.

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

Tim Lombard: If we were to lose the derogation, it is basically being stated that instead of opting for a cow that will produce 7,000 l or 8,000 l-----

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

Tim Lombard: Let me ask one question. In a nutshell, it is being stated that instead of having a cow capable of producing 6,500 l or 7,000 l of milk, people should opt for those capable of producing 10,000 l to 12,000 l. The latter will probably be the type of cows people will opt for if we lose our derogation. Would that be fair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I am a long way from the witnesses' part of the world. I am a Corkman. I acknowledge the Deputies and Senators from all parties and none who have come to bat for the witnesses. Some 230 farmers are involved in payments under this scheme. I take it that, for a majority of them, we are talking about silage ground from their land portfolio, or is it grazing ground and silage ground?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: So this land has not been cut at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: What will happen to next year's crop? Will it be rubbish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: This scheme is to help farmers out this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: Absolutely. That is the point I was trying to make. Regarding the management of the river, I go back to the night my daughter was born in November 2009. Cork flooded because of the management of the river by the ESB at that stage. A complete town and village was washed away that night. There is an issue with the ESB having a monopoly on the management of the flow of water and how it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: On the draining of rivers and waterways and how we operate, in Cork in recent weeks we have had horrendous flooding in Midleton, but Bandon and other towns like Clonakilty and Skibbereen were not flooded because of the drainage works which had been carried out there. In Bandon, they lowered the River Bandon by 1.8 m for a 3 km stretch. Even though we had something like 27 inches of rainfall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Chair and our guests for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: My apologies, Deputy Nolan, also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I will let the witnesses in after Deputies Healy-Rae and Cowen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: Two minutes, Deputy.

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

Tim Lombard: That is a barrier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: Next year, they will effectively have complete rubbish. There will be a year and a half by the time they get in there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the gentlemen for their contributions, which were really informative. There is work here for us to consider at another stage. I remind members of the committee that we have a private meeting tomorrow, Thursday, 9 November, at 1.30 p.m. The next public meeting takes place on Wednesday, 15 November, at 5.30 p.m. On the agenda is an examination of the challenges facing Horse Sport...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: The Minister of State is more than welcome. I am raising the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, and the issue we have with time-sensitive applications and delays in the system. TAMS is a very important scheme for the agricultural community. It provides grant aid and helps to ensure we modify our systems to become more appropriate. We have schemes for solar farms, low...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I welcome what the Minister of State said about the applications that have been moved forward regarding the slurry storage, which prove it can be done. The dairy equipment scheme element of that is the key issue here. It is a time-sensitive module of the scheme. It is sensitive because 95% of our cows are spring calving. We have the opportunity in the last few days of November and the...