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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: This afternoon, I would like to raise the issue of the European Commissioner for the environment, who will be visiting Ireland on 23 November. This is a really significant visit. He is coming here to Ireland to speak and engage with the Irish community about the issues regarding the nitrates action plan. This is a really significant issue for the agricultural community. Unless we get some...

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

Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their opening statement. I will follow on from my colleague on the issue about the passports. Will the witnesses elaborate on the e-passport that they are proposing to put out to tender and the timelines for that proposal?

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

Tim Lombard: That technology probably follows from something that is in the bovine herd and will last maybe 15 years, if we look at how we register calves. It is online and works in a matter of minutes. One can do it in the shed and by the time one gets back above, one will have the card the next day. We are looking at a system that will not work as fast but will have the similar trait of delivering on...

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

Tim Lombard: My last question on that point is about the legislation itself. I looked at it during the week. Does a point need to be made to clarify that legislation, with the new digital world we live in today, regarding physical paperwork being part of the application all the way through? In many ways, legislation is written appropriately on the date it is written. Has time moved on with regard to...

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

Tim Lombard: I welcome Horse Sport Ireland's opening statement. It is five pages long. It is good at setting out what the witnesses are doing. I missed the last meeting on these issues. The last page of the opening statement outlines an expenditure of nearly €3 million going to affiliate organisations from 2020 to 2023. Will the witnesses clarify that page, please? These organisations all...

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

Tim Lombard: Information was given at a previous meeting stating there were issues where other affiliates were not getting money. At least €2.8 million, which is nearly €3 million, was dispensed through Horse Sport Ireland. That was for issues from Covid measures, all the way through to additional grants. Is that page of the report perfectly correct?

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

Tim Lombard: We need to note that. May I ask about Horse Sport Ireland's funding and how it actually operates? The opening statement mentioned that a lot depends on grants from Sport Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There was also mention of a potentially precarious position in the accounts. Where do the witnesses believe the organisation is going regarding that funding...

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

Tim Lombard: My last question is on the work HSI does with pony clubs, particularly in disadvantaged areas, and expanding that project. It is a unique element of what HSI does on the ground. How many pony clubs does the organisation work with? What kind of feedback has there been about the project?

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

Tim Lombard: On HSI's funding of shows, it was mentioned in the opening statement that the organisation had supported 60 shows. I am not sure whether it was in the written statement or just stated verbally. How is that funding distributed? Is it for an event within the show or is the show itself supported?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I believe there should be a debate on local government and where we are going with this issue. Nine and a half years ago, we had really significant reforms and we moved away from the town council model. I spent most of yesterday meeting constituents in west Cork. Those reforms had a huge impact on west Cork because either town councils or UDCs were in Kinsale, Bandon, Clonakilty,...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I welcome our visitors to the Gallery. I welcome this important legislation. It is something I have been watching very closely in particular over the past three or four years. There are many aspects to it. The organ-donor aspect has been debated and spoken about quite clearly in the Chamber. I wish to focus my attention on the coroners element of it. Unfortunately, as the Minister is...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. I acknowledge that the budget has been a very popular one. It has gone down well with the general public and I want to acknowledge the package that has been put in place. I will mention a few things within the budget. In particular, I want to talk about the residential zone tax. We realise the residential zone tax was put in place because there was an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (5 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the House for changing this Commencement debate around. It is hard to believe it takes five hours to travel here from my part of the world to this House. I raise the issue of school places in Clonakilty. I raised this issue with the Minister of State nearly 12 months ago. The population in Clonakilty has grown quite significantly since 2016. The census shows an 11.3% increase in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (5 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the acknowledgement of what is happening in Clonakilty. This is not rocket science. If 120 kids are coming in and 100 are going out, there is a deficit of places. There is an increase of 20 in the number of kids going to the school. We need a short-term measure to be put in place to ensure these kids will be catered for. That is the first and basic thing. The census and county...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: That last debate needs to be looked at, Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: If I can. It is more of a minor issue than our serious debate of the past few minutes. I concur with my colleague from Clare and the Cathaoirleach’s good self on what is happening at the GAA. I fundamentally oppose the proposal concerning GAAGO. It makes no logical sense that three of Cork’s four games, or potentially all four, will now be pay-per-view. The GAA has lost its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I apologise because I was delayed at a previous meeting. This is a very important issue. Mr. Cashman has exceptional experience of private practice in the last 40 years. Given the challenges at the private practice level with regard to dealing with dog ownership, are vets under pressure at times due to the obligation of a veterinary practice to treat animals? Does Mr. Cashman find that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: The level of care has totally changed in the last 40 years, as Mr. Cashman said. What a veterinary surgeon can do now compared to what happened back in the day, in Noel Buckley's time, is totally different. With the modernisation of practices and what can be treated and scanned for, we cannot compare the two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: On the financial issue, insurance has become a big part of practice in the last five to ten years, with people making sure they have insurance for their animals, which is basically a health insurance policy. How beneficial has that been for dog ownership? Have the general public engaged more because they have the insurance policy and does that put more pressure on veterinary practice?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Chair. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to have three minutes to speak in the Chamber. I want to raise the issue of the knackeries and where matters stand at the moment. We have a significant issue in Ireland whereby there is a dispute between the people who collect fallen animals and the people who render the animals. All knackeries in Ireland are effectively closed....