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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: As much as Coillte purchases land, what is the process in the event that Coillte is selling or disposing of parcels of land for amenity or other purposes? There is a particular case in Riverstick in County Cork where a piece of land is being sold by Coillte. I think it is a 22-ha site but I may be wrong. Will Coillte speak about the process of consultation with the local community when it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: I compliment the witnesses on their presentations, which were very informative. I will start by talking about bovine TB eradication, which we have been trying to do since 1954. We had the pleasure some years ago of having an engagement with Dr. Margaret Good, who is a formidable lady. She told us about her 30-year strategy to eradicate TB. We all sat in a committee room like this one and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: More than six years ago, Dr. Good gave us a 30-year timeline for eradication. Will Dr. Fanning give me a timeline today for eradication?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: I have never met a vet in private practice who believes we will eradicate bovine TB from the island. I have no problem with the Department. I nearly have to declare an interest in that I have been locked up more often than not and I found the Department officials to be top-class, as are the private vets. I have no issue with any of the people involved or with the eradication programme. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: My general feeling is that the farming community has bought into the programme. In fairness to the Department and the private veterinary practices, they, too, have bought into it and have done a really significant job in dealing with 22,000 reactors, which shows the level of infection there is. However, I question the continuing idea of the programme being an eradication programme. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the practical element, one might find a reactor in a herd tomorrow, go through the process and get the relevant animal blood tests. What criteria is in place to blood test the entire herd after that? Are blood tests for the entire herd required? What is the timeline for moving the infected animal off the farm? What do our guests believe should be the appropriate timeline from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: Is there a percentage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: Is there an applicable percentage of a herd or is it case by case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: Dr. Barrett might revert to the committee in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: What about moving the animal? What is the appropriate timeline for the Department to move that animal from the reactor herd to its destination? Time is an issue, as Dr. Barrett is aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: That does not happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: How many weeks? How many days?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: That argument is fair enough. I will turn to the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, which is one of the most successful schemes the Department has ever been involved in. I acknowledge the staff involved who have been fantastic over the years. Our guests might elaborate on the solar scheme, when they believe it will be launched and where it will fall into the system. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Tim Lombard: I have a question on the new CAP payments and I am not sure what the new terminology is. Every November and December I worry about the number of phone calls I will get about the scheme but this year I did not get one phone call about the scheme, which is a credit to the Department as it has produced a streamlined system. I always fear that in the first year of a new CAP scheme there could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Tim Lombard: We have received apologies from the Cathaoirleach, Deputy Jackie Cahill. I will be chairing the proceedings today. I remind all witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. The purpose of today's meeting is to undertake an examination of proposal COM (2022) 304, a regulation from the European Parliament and Council on nature restoration. The committee will hear from Dr. Humberto Delgado...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Tim Lombard: Sorry. We have a technical issue. We will suspend for five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Tim Lombard: As our committee now resumes its deliberations, I call on Senator Paul Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Tim Lombard: I call Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Tim Lombard: Do we have four members? We have an hour with the director so we need to make sure everyone gets in if we possibly can. Deputy Carthy has 15 minutes.