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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Agricultural Land for Renewable Energy: ESB Networks (12 Jun 2024)

Tim Lombard: The Deputy is more than welcome. We will now suspend again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Agricultural Land for Renewable Energy: ESB Networks (12 Jun 2024)

Tim Lombard: I call Deputy Mythen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Agricultural Land for Renewable Energy: ESB Networks (12 Jun 2024)

Tim Lombard: As there are no other contributions, I thank our guests for their attendance. I apologise for the delay caused by the votes but that is democracy. The next meeting of the committee will be on Wednesday, 19 June at 5.30 p.m., when will hear from the inshore fisheries sector regarding the Implementation of the Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023 report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Agricultural Land for Renewable Energy: ESB Networks (12 Jun 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Tarrant. I call Senator Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Agricultural Land for Renewable Energy: ESB Networks (12 Jun 2024)

Tim Lombard: I acknowledge the presence of the ESB Networks representatives. It is very important for the agricultural community to have an understanding of what is happening in this space. It is really important for us. Looking at figures presented by the witnesses, in the next five years there will be significant changes with regard to the renewable energy aspect. If we are to reach the proposed...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mayoral Election (30 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Chair and acknowledge his kind words to Maebh Doyle. I would like the Minister for local government and heritage to make a statement regarding the plans for a directly elected mayor for Cork city and county. I am trying to start a debate about where we are with local government and what the national plan will be. On 7 June, a few days from now, Limerick will go to the polls to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mayoral Election (30 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the response, which gave us the Department's view on the policy, but I would argue there is a political element here that will be looked at when the new Government is put in place in the next 12 months. When it is formed, that Government will have to have a vision for local government and will have to acknowledge what Limerick has done is potentially the way forward and that we...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: That is no problem, and I thank the Chair. I want to raise the issue of beaches and where we are with our beach environment at the moment. Cork County Council, from this weekend, will roll out 40 lifeguards over, I think, 12 beaches around County Cork. It is a really important and valuable asset that we are going to have lifeguards out from now until the second week of September. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I welcome our guests here this evening. It is important that we get the industry's perspective on the nitrates derogation and the potential impact on the economy. I acknowledge the witnesses' document and the ten-point plan has been very well made. It sets out good parameters where we as a farming community need to go and to see whether we can actually get to where we need to go regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the industry, a 10% reduction in volume in 59 milk plants around Ireland, from Ballineen to Northern Ireland, means we are looking at a scenario where there could be issues in the industry itself and 59 could become 50, though I am not too sure. We need to start talking about how this will affect industry. Dairy farmers will absolutely be affected but the issue here is that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is the perfect storm in many ways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: We are trying to protect the family farm model, which has roughly 96 cows. We are trying to protect that across the entire farming platform. If we want to have issues with viability come into the system, as the Chair said, the implication is farmers going out of the system and us ending up with a New Zealand-style system off the back of the changes that are being proposed. What would that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I was not going to mention Cork but since Mr. Sheahan did, I need to acknowledge that the report states that the value of the milk product that comes out of County Cork alone is €4.22 billion. If we were to have a 10% drop in that in the county, it would be the most significant drop ever. That would take Ringaskiddy out of Cork in many ways with the impact it would have on the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Cronin explain from the co-operative point of view, from his people talking to farmers on the ground, how important the communication link is? He is having an event next Friday morning in Templemartin, which is part of that process. Will he explain what Dairygold is doing to inform farmers of what needs to be done on the ground?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Cronin. Mr. Mulvihill's graph C is very detailed. The source is the European Commission. He might elaborate about where we are going with the production of milk in Europe. I look at a superpower like France, which is down by 2.7%. I am hearing rumours that France could be a net importer of dairy products by the end of this decade. We are looking at a time-bomb when it comes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Acting Chair. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is more than welcome. It is always a pleasure to have her before us. Her Cork roots always come out in the responses. In that context, I am looking forward to her response. There is a need for the Minister for Health to review the recent changes that have been made with regard to home support services in Cork county. In...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: There are two issues, the first of which is that when the rostering was changed, there were talks between the HSE and the staff. The clients were not involved. That was a failure. The clients should have been involved regarding this issue. The timing of when the calls are made is becoming a major issue. People were traditionally getting a call in either the morning or evening and they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Next Wednesday, 5 June, is the start of the leaving certificate examinations. It is important that this House at some stage has a debate about how we actually deal with the 13,000 or 14,000 kids who are sitting their leaving certificate and junior certificate exams who have dyslexia. A significant campaign has gone on in recent years to try to make sure this cohort of children gets extra...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: I raise the wonderful news that SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been given the go-ahead to hold a very important ladies' international football match. Ireland will play France on 16 July. It is a wonderful opportunity for Cork to show off its wonderful stadium. It is great for women's sport in particular that we have such an international fixture coming to Cork. It needs to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: Well said, Senator.