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

Tim Lombard: That is a rarity.

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

Tim Lombard: If I could get the three minutes, it would be great. The second issue is in regard to a briefing we will be having in the audiovisual room this afternoon. This is about trying to ensure that we can get money for new medicines. We are having a significant briefing as we have patient advocates and the industry coming in and they will inform us on what is out there on the market, and what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I welcome our guests and acknowledge the really important role they will play in the agrifood industry. I ask Ms Lenehan to provide some details on the budget. What is the proposed budget for the regulator, year on year, for the next three years? Has that been set yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: What about the budget for the following two years? Does Ms Lenehan have any idea what the budget will be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: Is the regulator funded directly through the Department of public expenditure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: How many staff is it proposed to have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: In the context of skills, the remit of the organisation is quite wide. It goes from statistics all the way to fishing and is very broad. On the fishing side of the house, I ask Ms Lenehan to give an indication of which employers would potentially be providing the expertise on fishing How is she going to make sure that the regulator is going to cover all the bases including fishing, small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I ask Ms Lenehan to talk us through how the regulator intends to report. Is it going to be on a per product basis? Is there going to be a fishing report, a dairy report, a beef report, a tillage report and so on? How does Ms Lenehan propose that the organisation will be reporting? Will it be done on a case-by-case basis? What is the strategy or has Ms Lenehan got that far yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I ask Ms Lenehan to elaborate on the consultation element of that work. Is she going to put a work plan together, look for feedback and then approve it or what is the intention?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: As CEO, when does Ms Lenehan think the work plan will be approved? What is the timeline in her mind in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: That is open-ended, to a degree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: Ms Lenehan will do very well. Her responses have been clear but does she think the work plan will be in place in three months time, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: How many members of staff have been hired to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: As I understand it, the regulator is based in Backweston at the moment. Will it be looking for statistics from the Department and working with it? Is Ms Lenehan happy with collocation with the Department or is there a long-term aim to move to a different location?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: It was just basically about data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: How does Ms Lenehan propose to operate vis-à-vis legal advice? The appeals committee uses the Department's legal team to some degree. Will the regulator's legal advice come from within the Department or will it be independent of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: Very good. I ask Ms Lenehan to furnish the Chairman of this committee with a copy of the work plan when it is published and we can review it at that stage.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: This Commencement matter relates to affordable housing in Kinsale. It is a wonderful part of the world that has been blessed in many ways by history and geography. It is the second biggest town in Cork South-West. Its population increased by 13.6% between the two most recent censuses, compared with an average of 8.1% nationally. The population is now almost 6,000 people. It is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: Indeed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for a comprehensive response on the housing scheme in Kinsale. The information I was looking was outlined towards the end of her contribution, whereby the affordable housing scheme is going to be advertised by quarter 4 of 2024. In a year's time, therefore, we will have the first phase of that scheme, which is really positive news for the people of Kinsale. We...