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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank Dr. Deakin for the clarity on that issue. I ask the witnesses to explain how the EPA targeted mapping works, how the system works and how quickly the data is uploaded onto that system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: I might come back to Ms. Gurrie if I can. On the original question of mapping, how does the system work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: The data then comes six weeks or six months after the testing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: That information is put up online on the system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is positive that the information is coming within six weeks of the whole thing. There is an opportunity here, however, which the witnesses can take or leave. The EPA might be able to help farmers more regarding the information itself. If we had a scenario where we had a test in a river body that was inappropriate and the farmers knew about it in a week or less, they would be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: My point was that we have the data but if we get that data more quickly to the farm gate that would help the farmer empower himself or herself to make the decisions that are appropriate. The advisers are very helpful and an important part of this tool but there is an opportunity here to empower the farmer directly. For example, if you had a tank collection tomorrow morning, you would get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: Regarding phosphorus and how we can deal with that issue, according to the EPA maps that have been published, some of the areas are not the most highly stocked. What is the gap between our current phosphorus levels and those we need to reach that have been proposed? What are the measures that we need to be looking at? It is different from the nitrates map in many ways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: The EPA's maps would have a different level. Traditionally, it might be said that the south or the east has a nitrate issue. It is a different profile of operation when we look at the phosphorus issue. The majority of them potentially would not be in a derogation area if at all, regarding the maps themselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: The witnesses have concluded that we are probably at a stalemate at present, for lack of better terminology. Water has not decreased or increased and we are where we are with the system itself. It gives a reduction in nitrogen levels to some degree, which is only 30% as Dr. Deakin stated. Is this about enforcement or increasing the amount of testing being done? Is the EPA happy that its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: How will they be assigned? Will it be per local authority? Some agricultural activity is more expansive in some areas than others. How will the EPA work out where or when the inspectors will be put in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: That would be one for nitrates and phosphorous?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: Okay, thank you, Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: I acknowledge our new Senator and I wish her the very best of luck. I acknowledge her family. It is a wonderful day and a wonderful occasion. I hope she enjoys the experience. It is wonderful to be here. Senator Bradley will do very well. It is great to have a new colleague on these benches. I raise the issue of school transportation. Two school transportation pilot schemes have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: I will start by thanking the Chair and the Leader of the House for their support over the last term. I thank the staff of the Seanad for their ability to work with this House in such a wonderful way. This afternoon, we heard significant debate on whether or not we should have the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, brought before the House to discuss issues of law and order and the...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)

Tim Lombard: I will add to what my colleagues have already said. My experience in dealing with county development plans and councillors tells me that they regularly find that despite their intimate knowledge of communities and various growth patterns, they are restricted because the national development plan sets out certain strategic development criteria that talk about numbers based on censuses....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Tim Lombard: I wish to raise the issue of where we are currently in our tuberculosis allocation. This is a really significant issue in my part of the world. In the past six months, the tuberculosis reactor rate has increased by 22%. The current levels of tuberculosis in Cork in a bovine herd have gone through the roof.This is causing terrible stress and hardship for the families. As I was walking to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (25 Sep 2024)

Tim Lombard: The Minister of State is more than welcome. It is great to see him here to discuss this issue. Laragh National School is a thriving school in west Cork. It was founded in 1967 and I would say at that time there were two teachers and 29 students. It has mushroomed into a really thriving school with seven teachers and more than 193 pupils. The principal’s name is John Lordan. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (25 Sep 2024)

Tim Lombard: I have the deepest respect for the Minister of State and I know him a long time, but that answer just beggars belief. We are dealing with a scenario where the local authority has come on board to make sure the outside of the school is made safe by putting in footpaths, lines and a new road, and now the Department will not come halfway to meet the actual people. It is the second time...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (25 Sep 2024)

Tim Lombard: No.