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Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport Eligibility (14 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: I raise an issue regarding calls for protocols to be put in place for students repeating their leaving certificate to have access to the school bus system. It is a huge issue in my part of the world. At the moment, we have up to 1,800 or 2,000 students repeating the leaving certificate every year. A majority of these students have access to school transport but because they are outside the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport Eligibility (14 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: I am disappointed with the Minister of State's response. There are eligible children who have been eligible for six years, and used the bus for six years. They were not concessionary, they were eligible. However, because they are repeating their leaving certificate, they do not get a seat. Students receive their leaving certificate results on 16 August. They currently need to apply for a...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: I concur with the everyone else regarding Christmas greetings and where we are going for the next few days, and wish the staff and everyone involve in the House a happy Christmas. I also compliment the Leader and wish him the very best in the next few days. I wish him a happy marriage at the end of the year and hope it all works out well - I am sure it will. I am sure it will be a...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: We should note that road fatalities are an issue at this time of the year. I was looking at the reports yesterday. Unfortunately, the half-year indication showed that 77 people lost their lives on the roads in Ireland. That was the six-month figure. We must get the message out that road fatalities, in particular, at this time of the year, are something of which we need to have cognisance....

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: I call on the Leader to hold a debate on our natural resources so that we can see where we are going and what our long-term plan is. Yesterday I had a meeting with the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Damien English, about seaweed harvesting in Bantry Bay, of which I am sure the Cathaoirleach is very aware, where a licence has...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: Is the Cathaoirleach getting worried?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: I promise not to test the Cathaoirleach's patience. I want to raise the impending arrival of Storm Caroline in the next few hours or days. It will bring 110 km/h winds, snow and sleet to many parts of Ireland. It is amazing that people in some parts of west Cork still have not got their telephones back in order since the storm that hit Ireland six or seven weeks ago. People on Sherkin...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Tim Lombard: I have come to the House this afternoon to discuss the big issues happening in the southern part of the State. We have had a lot of discussion, and rightly so, about the Brexit issue but last night the two local authorities in Cork came to an agreement regarding the boundary movement in Cork county. This issue has dogged Cork and the southern half of the country for some 50 years since the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: As always, a Chathaoirligh. First, I concur with Senators in the warm wishes to Senator Norris. Thirty years and seven months is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to him. Since I have been so brief, I will sum up by congratulating my parish and county man, Deputy Simon Coveney, on his achievement of being appointed Tánaiste today.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I wish him the best of luck. He will do a fantastic job. It is a great honour for our part of the world, Cork. It is not only a geographical issue though. I think he will be a capable and appropriate Tánaiste in light of where we are in terms of Brexit and his foreign affairs portfolio.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: We will light a bonfire.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: It is the new green outlook.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister to the House for this very important item. It is the item of a generation and, while we looked at it a few years ago, we are now tasked with moving this agenda forward as it is one of the key issues for us. Unless this generation deals with climate change the next generations will, unfortunately, suffer. It is a major task for this Minister, this Government and for...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the reported reopening of Ballinspittle Garda station in Cork this morning. This is a very important step. The station in Ballinspittle is one of a number that were closed in 2012 and 2013. In many ways, the reopening is about trying to tackle rural crime. Having Garda stations in villages such as Ballinspittle is very important. It is an extremely positive that the Minister,...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I commend Senator Daly's comments regarding the important report on the future of the tillage industry in Ireland, produced by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and published this morning. This is the start of a conversation to ensure that the tillage industry, which has suffered greatly over the last four or five years, can re-establish itself. Unfortunately, there...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I wish to raise the matter of school transport which was previously raised in the House by a Member of the Opposition. I want to concur with the remarks made by Senator Conway-Walsh earlier this week. I was not present then, but it is something that the Minister needs to address in the House. It is farcical that a leaving certificate student must apply in April for a bus pass the following...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: I thank Senator Hopkins for sharing time. This is a very important matter. There are several issues that need to be dealt with. One of these relates to the size of constituencies. As I stated on a Commencement debate, constituencies are ludicrously large. I hope the Minister will bring forward legislation as soon as possible in order to amend the position in this regard. The vouched...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: Senator Mark Daly is injured.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Tim Lombard: Many of the contributions this morning have been about the soccer team's performance last night. It was a disappointing outing. I agree that women's participation in sport is something the Government and the Oireachtas need to examine. We must promote the participation of women in sport and sports bodies. I say that in the light of the positive news which has come out of Cork in recent...