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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: I also have an issue with this, particularly the 2:1 spending aspect. Regarding lack of investment in public transport, we have to talk about what is actually happening. A bus running on renewable gas, which is carbon neutral, was launched in Cork yesterday. We cannot just be talking ourselves down. We have to acknowledge positive stories like that and what is happening on the ground....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: I have referred to the issue we have in some parts of Ireland in meeting maintenance requirements. There are 13,000 km of road in my county alone, which is a huge issue in respect of a 2:1 expenditure ratio away from public transport. However, we have to acknowledge what has happened. We have good stories to tell. People might not be walking to school, but they are driving part of the way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: Who will sit in the front?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: I will try my best to be as brief as I can on the free transport element. We need to acknowledge the difference between one part of the world and another. In my part of the county there are villages and major towns with poor transportation links. If we were to take away the funding in place at the moment, we would have a major deficit to try to promote more actual transportation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: I support this motion as it is a balanced proposal and it will bring a lot of clarity to the issue we have discussed over the past few months. Many people came before us but when the Climate Change Action Advisory Council came before us and Professor Fitzgerald made his professional evidence known, we saw where we needed to go as regards carbon tax. The council's advice was clear that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: This is an important issue and is an important step for us and our society. We listened to our young people and heard what they wanted. Now we are trying to move forward. Nobody wants to put taxes on people but this is about trying to get modal change and to bring about a change in society so that society is better for all. It is important to bring people with us and it is not about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Tim Lombard: We have gone through a unique process, involving the advisers giving input at a very early stage. We have all learned much from the advisers and any criticism of the advisers at this stage is unfortunate. Other committees should look at the process and how we got essential technical input to make these decisions. We are trying to ensure we have fair play across the board and I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: Senator Conway-Walsh is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Plant Certification: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (2 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: On behalf of the committee, I thank our guests from the CRU for attending. This has been a very worthwhile engagement.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: An RTÉ reporter in our part of the world, Pat McAuliffe, died in the last few days. He was a very well-known sports journalist. I met him several times at Cork City matches over the years. He is an awful loss not only to the sporting world but to Cork's sporting community. I register my deepest sympathies to his family and the Cork community. Pat was a lovely, jolly man. Every time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: Just in case the witnesses are not aware of how the House works, if the Seanad has votes the committee runs on, and there were five votes just there. If the Dáil has a vote, the committee will stop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: It is part of being a Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to make my case. The committee has had many presentations, which I welcome. With regard to export issues, is it true that live exports are focused on top-quality animals? Do we need to focus more on the Friesian bullock? In the 1980s, especially in my part of the world in Cork, large numbers of Friesian store bullocks were exported to north...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Chairman. I would like to welcome the witnesses. We are having this debate on the future of the beef industry in relation to Food Wise 2025, and that is probably the core issue. Where do the witnesses see the beef industry going in ten years' time? Do they see it killing 20,000, or 30,000 or 40,000 cattle and where will the profitability of that industry stand then? That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: I am looking for clarity on the response I received to my query on the future of the beef industry. I have read the report from the MII and I still do not see its vision for the future of the beef industry. I also do not see the vision regarding where the suckler cow ties in with the vast numbers that have declined in the last years. Perhaps the witnesses could give clarity on where they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: That money went into exporters' back pockets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: Would the Beef Plan Movement agree with increasing the levy to €5 per calf again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Tim Lombard: I went to the Beef Plan Movement's meeting. It was a wonderful meeting with a large crowd there. I felt the movement was batting for the exporter. I have an issue with what happened subsequently. Mr. Corley has no idea how low the price of calves in Bandon mart fell three weeks later. I sat there with farmers that day. There was anger that exporters were controlling the market. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome the clarity that he has brought to many of the key issues in the national broadband plan and where it is going forward. Deputy Eamon Ryan spoke about the 32,000 extra homes moving into the amber zone, which is welcome. We should support the regeneration of rural areas, including one-off housing, whether they are agriculture, fishing or tourism based....