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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. I also would like to acknowledge the office of the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, which made contact with my own office this morning about this Commencement matter. I tabled this Commencement matter to ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to make a statement on how the public spending code ensures that taxpayers get greater value for money...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for the response. The key issue is not if, following completion of the processes with regard to cost, analysis and so on, a project will be affordable, but whether it will be open to the public. That is the fall down in terms of the public spending code.There is no follow-up. We do not know exactly how much activity has been created because of a project and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: I would like to comment on an issue that has been raised by several Senators, namely, the proposed Russian exercised in the waters off the coast of County Cork in the coming weeks. I spoke to several fishermen this morning. I also spoke with Patrick Murphy, the chief executive officer of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation Limited. They are deeply concerned about this...

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will take this opportunity not to speak on horses but perhaps to speak on climate and agriculture if possible. In many ways, the agricultural community has been a leading player when it comes to the change of agricultural practices, in particular in the last few years. It feels that in many ways this has not been acknowledged. We all realise that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: With 130 or 140 weeks to go until local elections, a debate is needed on local government and how it will be prioritised in the next two years. There have been huge changes in local government, particularly since 2014. In my area, the abolition of the town councils was a controversial and, in many ways, wrong move. We had six town councils in west Cork, in Kinsale, Bandon, Clonakilty,...

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State and the officials to the Chamber. We have boots on the ground. That is a positive story about the national broadband plan. I spent five years in the last Seanad sitting on a committee and saw officials working hard to get this contract up and running. I went on public media to promote it when many parties were doing their best to talk it down, to say it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: I acknowledge and welcome our guests this afternoon. It is an important topic. First of all, I apologise I missed part of their opening statement. I was delayed at another meeting. There are significant challenges there for the industry, whether it is labour, access to grants, carbon tax and the price of plastic. The price of parts and of new machinery, particularly in the past six...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I join other speakers in acknowledging St. Brigid's Day and its significance in marking springtime. Outside, it is a fantastic spring day. I acknowledge that spring is starting. There are two events I want to acknowledge. The release of Mr. O'Halloran, particularly the work done by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and his Department, needs to be acknowledged. It has been a long battle....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I concur with my colleagues, Senators Ahearn and Paul Daly, on the issue of green waste. It is quite bizarre that in this day and age we were given an indication that this exemption would be extended but, unfortunately, it has not been. Time is ticking. There are only a few weeks to get this sorted. I appeal to the Leader to engage directly to try to get movement on this issue. One of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Administration (9 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: The Minister of State is welcome to the Chamber. I would like the Minister for Education to make a statement on plans to build a second post-primary school in Kinsale, which is a wonderful part of the world. History and geography have been very good to Kinsale over millions of years. It is a growing, thriving town. Its population has grown enormously over the last few years. In the 2016...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Administration (9 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is about the county development plan process and tying everything together. We probably need to talk about a complex that will have the capability for transportation links to be built in. We need to strategically plan ahead on a ten-year basis. I am not alone looking at the development of Kinsale but the villages around it, which are all...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber and acknowledge he is bringing forward important legislation to, in many ways, bring clarity to this industry regarding how the penalty points will work. We have been talking about this for a significant period of time and there is a feeling out there that we need to put a fair and appropriate scheme in place. That is what fishermen and women are...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I wish to comment on Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and how effective it is at delivering projects. A debate is required in the House with the Minister responsible for transport regarding these issues. Bandon in west Cork has had an unfinished bypass for the past few decades. There is currently a process of putting forward proposals for a new extension to this bypass, which is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: We are four weeks away from St. Patrick's Day. Communities up and down the length of the country are putting plans together for St. Patrick's Day parades. One of the big issues we have come across, particularly in the past 48 hours, is St. Patrick's Day parades trying to get insurance. Quotations have been received of anything from €1,800 to nearly €3,000 to cover a parade...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister and the Chairman of the joint committee, Deputy Cahill. I compliment the members of the committee present in the Chamber. Senators Boyhan, O'Donovan and Daly have been very active in the agriculture committee. All three are members, along with myself. We have worked with the Chairman of the committee on a very workmanlike basis over the last 18 months. We have...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: I want to speak to amendment No. 9. In this House a few hours ago, several Members were present when we debated the forestry industry, including the Minister of State. It was a really important debate. We spoke about the report that was published 12 months ago, which was debated again today, and that outlined the 12 recommendations required for the industry to move forward. The Minister...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: That is a key factor in what this real proposal is about. It is about trying to make sure we have the opportunity at farm level to ensure that we can actually plant trees. That is a really important thing. The Minister of State has pointed out her own reasons for this amendment but that opportunity being given to the farming community is something we should support. Do we really want to...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: Like the Leader, I am very much in agreement with our colleagues on the left.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Tim Lombard: It is a rare occasion in many ways. We discussed this issue during pre-legislative scrutiny at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. One of the recommendations was that this should be looked at. The committee met representatives from farms, industry and the Department. We thought officials from the Department had listened to us. This was one of the issues...