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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Tim Lombard: Deputy Fitzmaurice is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Tim Lombard: Could the Deputy refrain from mentioning names?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Tim Lombard: That is a political issue regarding-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Tim Lombard: I advise the witness that that is considered to be a little too tight of a question, so he should not answer it. That is the legal advice I have received.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Tim Lombard: I might also advise the Deputy that we have been here for four hours and that there are witnesses who need to go home.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Tim Lombard: I thank the Deputy. After four hours, we might call the meeting to a close. I acknowledge the witnesses who appeared before us from the Department and the two other organisations and allowed us the opportunity to discuss this important issue. I apologise for the break. It was unfortunate. I acknowledge the witnesses’ commitment to ensuring that we got the information required. On...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I start by acknowledging the new role of Senator Kyne. I wish him the best of luck. I am sure he will be excellent in that role. He brings great experience to it. I raise the issue on the front page of the Irish Examiner today, which is an amazing story about skin cancer and the issue of sunbed use. I was shocked to read that 40% of people using sunbeds do so despite knowing the risks....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I wish to raise the five-year strategic plan brought forward by RTÉ and how it proposes to move the organisation forward. On reading it I found very little reference to the GAAGO issue, where the GAA is tied into RTÉ. There is a significant issue that needs to be addressed around what is the long-term strategic plan for RTÉ working with the likes of GAAGO, which is just...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I will start with the Chair's opening statements regarding what happened last week with the slaughtering of the horses. We are very much aware of the disappointing show on TV regarding the issue, the knock-on implications for the industry and how it affected confidence in the entire industry. Statements were made at last week's hearings that it was new to them that there was cloning of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: After the BSE issue in the late 1990s, we moved quickly to make sure we were not just following EU law but became the world leader on the whole issue. In 2013, meat entered the food chain which was not appropriate for it. A decade later, the exact same thing has happened. It is a question of accountability. I am not trying to rewrite history. We know what worked when it came to BSE and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: They go back to 2019. In the correspondence I read, they go back to cases listed in 2019.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I got the impression last week that it was new to the organisation that there was cloning of microchips.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: The potential of these animals entering the food chain through passport fraud or even microchip cloning is a significant issue. What we are talking about could enter the food chain. Have there been other investigations by the European network concerning that potential?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I am conscious not to relive the case because it would be inappropriate to do that. I will not go there. Regarding the timeline for this review in which Mr. Wall is involved, are we waiting for the end of this case before the recommendations are brought forward? What is the proposed timeline?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I do not understand. Will terms of reference be brought forward for a review or is Professor Wall doing what he wants? What is the vision for Professor Wall's engagement with the Department? Is Professor Wall being told what to do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: I ask Mr. Gleeson to inform the committee when he has that proposal. I will move to an important topic. As Mr. Callanan is here, it is important that we have the opportunity. I will be brief. There is a milk supply issue. Supply was down 4.1% in 2023. I have been given figures that it is down 9% so far in 2024. There is a significant drop in milk volume, to say the least. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: How can we increase the confidence of dairy farmers in their ability to keep on going?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: Just to keep on the theme the Senator from Roscommon raised, regarding-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Jul 2024)
Tim Lombard: Indeed you are, sir. My deepest apologies. The issue is potentially about the production and the loss of production in certain key areas. We mentioned that the weather might be a potential narrative there. Confidence is an issue as well. We have seen huge issues that farmers might see they have probably overscaled and will pull back a little bit. Will Mr. Callanan give me an indication...