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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: I mean page 27 of the EPA report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: The famous Cork map, as I call it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: The clerk is pulling me up, and rightly so. My last point is about how we can empower farmers to get the information. I made the point last week and will probably make it again next week that, when I get my milk collected on a dairy round on a Tuesday, I will have a test on Thursday. I will know the water quality and the quality of my product exactly. Information from the EPA's testing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: If we are trying to empower farmers to do what they can, is not having that information not an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: Farming groups hold discussion groups every month. The matter could be discussed at those groups. People could say, for example, that water quality has gone bananas in the last four weeks and ask what people are doing. That is the obvious conversation to have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: There is logic in it. These discussion groups happen in every farming setting, even in east Cork. There is logic to using the model that is there to empower farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: I beg to disagree, my dear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: The Senator is moving off the topic.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is great to have the Minister of State in the House. It is nearly like her Wednesday morning coffee break at this stage. Every Wednesday morning, I have the pleasure of talking to her about health issues in Cork. I raised this issue about a dedicated cataract service for Cork that has been spoken about for many years. The regional centre that will be based in the South Infirmary...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the news, in particular her announcement that the transfer of services will be complete by March 2024. That is literally two or three weeks away. There has been major concern locally that this has slipped and slipped, and there have been issues as to how CUH and the Mercy were combining with the new South Infirmary and how they are all tying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is like Groundhog Day. That is how I would describe it, as we have been through all these issues previously. It is great the witnesses are here. Their presentations were informative. I acknowledge the Chair's contribution to the debate. He has been active in making sure we got to have this forum, which is important for many of us. I will start with the IFA. We need to have a debate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the catchments Mr. Drennan mentioned in his opening statement, we have Teagasc, the EPA and the Department all making acknowledgements or submissions to the Commission about the nitrates derogation. Two Departments are involved. The Department of local government and the Department of agriculture are working together on this issue. As an organisation, do we need a streamlined...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: Following on from that, will Mr. Buckley give his view on the testing regime that has been put in place? One is being carried out by Teagasc in 14 catchments for which we have results that are almost available up to date. We have the testing regime carried out by the EPA, which involves monthly testing in most bodies of water and that information is only made available in a report published...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: Is that not the issue? We are trying to empower farmers with the available information, yet reports are published 18 months after the first test. That is what happens. We wait for the EPA to come on "Morning Ireland" to inform us of what is happening with water quality nationally. It is important we are told what is happening. I do not have an issue with that, but farmers need to know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: My issue with that is if one has a beach that is closed because is an E. coli outbreak tomorrow morning, the public is told within days of the result. Automatically, if there is something that can be done, it can be done. The farming community do not have such information. They are waiting for "Morning Ireland".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is a point well made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Deputy. Will Senator Paul Daly be brief?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: Can I ask Mr. Carroll to comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is a point well made. I call Mr. Buckley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank Senator Paul Daly for that. I refer to the future, that is, the next seven or eight months. We are looking at a derogation that will be decided in the next 13 to 14 months. What tangible processes can be put in place so that there is change in those months? Storage cannot be provided. There were huge issues in TAMS not being done. We are very tight on time here to make real...