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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: Was thought ever given to the idea that the Department should have an input into and a stake in how fish should be weighed, whether with industry-owned machinery or otherwise? Were there ever talks on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I appreciate that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: Mr. Hayes used a phrase in one of his contributions that suggested there is a healthy friction between the SFPA and the fishing industry. What was that phrase? He had some-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: How would Mr. Hayes classify the SFPA's relationship with the Department? Does it involve a healthy friction as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: Mr. Hayes will forgive my lack of understanding, but he might explain to me the SFPA's board or its set-up. It does not physically have a board, does it? How does it constitute itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: At present how many are appointed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: What was the membership over previous years? Was it more than one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I bet Mr. Hayes does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: My final questions are on the authority's role as the regulator. I am familiar with the work of other regulators in other streams. The digital regulator, Ms Helen Dixon, has had a very competitive role with the Department of Social Protection on certain issues. Has the authority, in its role as regulator, ever had to take on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the witnesses for their contributions at this very long session. I thank members present in the room and those who joined us online. At the next meeting of this committee, which will take place on Wednesday, 25 May at 5.30 p.m., we will hear from officials from the Department of Rural and Community Affairs and Bord na gCon. The first session will be on the Dog Breeding...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I very much support this proposed legislation. I join with others in thanking Senator Martin for proposing it and for all the work he has done regarding it. I met the protestors outside Leinster House this morning. There is a real sense of urgency regarding this legislation. That is apparent when I meet people and talk to them on the ground, and even on the basis of the number of emails I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the witnesses for the comprehensive opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: We had hearings. I would like to correct-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: -----the record of the committee on that as Senator Paul Daly tried to undermine my position in the last committee. There were three of us here, not two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: In that regard, I want to acknowledge the Senator's kind thoughts towards me but that is another story. I am very serious now though. We were here in 2019 and I will openly say that I thought the industry was on a cliff edge. I was very fearful for where it was going to go. I compliment Ms O'Brien and the board for what is after happening. Major changes have been made, particularly with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for their attendance. The way in which the industry has developed and changed in the past two or three years is a credit to GRI and its board members. I wish them the best of luck going forward. Perhaps at a later stage they can update us on their progress. I congratulate the witnesses on their performance today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I did not even know I was chairing the meeting.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. It is great to see him here. I wish to raise the plight of a school that is perhaps the school furthest away from this complex, namely, the Beara Community School in Castletownbere. Its location is very peripheral. It is right on the coast. Its catchment includes not only the town of Castletownbere but also the surrounding villages from Eyries to Ardgroom...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This issue is about trying to make sure we have this dedicated unit put in place. The amount of work that is being done by the Beara Community School to make sure that it is managing very capably with what it has at the moment is appropriate, but it really needs to get this dedicated unit on the ground. It needs for this process to be...