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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Lamb appears to be as organic a product as we are ever going to get, given the short lifespan. It is a standout figure. I was taken aback to think it was just 1%. Does Bord Bia believe there is a body of work to be done to increase that? It would obviously add value to the product.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is there a market for organic lamb?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is a higher price paid for it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is there a special marketing campaign for organic products?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Timoleague.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses and acknowledge their presence. It is really important for the agricultural community, and I know there is an awful lot of interest in the debate this afternoon. Could Dr. Cotter start by clarifying the position regarding the information provided on page 21 of the report? Is it only agriculture on that map or does it include domestic and other sewage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Only agriculture.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is it not a little unfair that it is only agriculture? Could the EPA not have not included, as Ms Gurrie says, the other 200 issues we have regarding domestic water?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: I do think there is an issue in that farmers feel they have been paying for every sin in the world. Would it be fair that, in due course, the EPA might provide us with the details of the 200 bodies of water that are under pressure from the point of view of water quality? The EPA might also provide a list of section 63s that have been issued by it to local authorities. Section 63s are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: A list of the section 63s issued would be very appropriate. It would show the work the EPA is doing from the point of view of enforcement to oblige local authorities or Uisce Éireann to make sure that water quality is up to standard. A list per county or by local authority area would give an indication of the good work the EPA is doing and make sure that it is not just having a crack...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: But there is probably more in the compliance notices - in the section 63s.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Are the witnesses happy with the way the report is laid out? Are they happy that the information given in the report is easy for the user to understand?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: What efforts has the EPA made to inform the public, farmers and communities about this report and how it works? Have there been seminars, public meetings or, for want of better terminology, engagements?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Would it have been beneficial to have done so?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: There was an open day in Moorepark a few weeks ago that was attended by thousands of dairy farmers. Their only questions were about this report and, specifically, about page 27, which contains the red map. That would have been a wonderful opportunity for the EPA to engage with the cohort of farmers who will be affected. That is my view. Will our guests explain page 27 of this report? It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am asking about the famous red map. Please do not think I am being disrespectful, but it has created chaos. What it states is clear as mud. The EPA has put forward additional information that was not asked for by the Commission in an attempt to clarify matters but perhaps it has confused things even more. Will our guests please go over the information contained in the red map on page 27?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: Who set those criteria?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: The EPA included additional information on the other map for clarity. It may be on page 21. Is the view of the EPA that the criteria set by the Commission was not appropriate? What is the view of our guests about how the EPA set those criteria?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: In that case, why did the EPA produce the other map?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Tim Lombard: If I were to take the red map-----