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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: That makes it very hard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: We cannot stop the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: As there are no other contributions and this is potentially the last meeting of the committee - if the witnesses have been listening to the news, they will know a general election will be called on Friday - I wish to acknowledge the Chairman, who is not here at the moment, Jackie Cahill. He has been a fantastic Chairman of this group for the past four or more years. He was very diligent and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. It is great to have her here to discuss the issue of Pewterhole Cross in Kinsale. I asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the funding request from Cork County Council to carry out necessary upgrade works at Pewterhole Cross in Kinsale. This is a significant issue for the residents of Kinsale. It is a thriving town that has seen huge...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is because of the significant size of County Cork that we do not get the funding that is required. County Cork encompasses one eighth of the geographical area of the State, but we do not have one eighth of the actual budget from the Department when it comes to road restorations. That becomes the key issue when we are trying to maintain roads and get structures put in place to make sure...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: Like most of us-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2024)

Tim Lombard: The health service is one of the key issues that we all hear about every night we are out knocking on doors. First, I want to acknowledge Bantry General Hospital. The health service is mentioned when one knocks on the doors of people who live in the constituency of Cork South-West but these people also want to praise and acknowledge the staff and management, and what has been done in Bantry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: Apologies have been received from Deputy Cahill and Senator Paul Daly. Deputy Cronin is substituting for Deputy Kenny for this meeting. I remind all members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. Members are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting their mobile phones are turned off completely, or switched to safe mode, whichever is appropriate on their device. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: We can pick up on Deputy Cronin's questions when she returns. I will ask some questions now. I have a question on the centralised European database required for horses. At times, I look at this with amusement when we consider what happens in the bovine industry. In 1996 we managed to put in place a traceability scheme in a matter of a few short months. We managed to make sure every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: A bovine farmer would be prosecuted by the Department if the animals were not tagged and had not gone through the correct process. For the death of an animal, there is the knackery. All of these issues are very well thought out. We are not going to reinvent the wheel. The process regarding the movement of animals seems to work flawlessly for bovines. It is bizarre, to say the least, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: If we look at how things are done for bovines we know what Ms Doyle has described does not work. There is one central database for bovines, which is held by the Department. We do not have this when it comes to the horse industry. There are multiple passports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: Would Ms Doyle believe the need for one passport agency is a priority regarding traceability of the animals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: When we look at the bovine industry, they have many breeds. They collect them and manage them all the way through from Shorthorns to Herefords and Friesians and they do an excellent job regarding controlling, monitoring and understanding the different breeds. The database is very important. One entity having control of the database would be controversial but appropriate in the sense that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: On the second point Ms Doyle made about the Committee of Agriculture, Food and the Marine having a welfare representative on the committee, the committee is made up of Members of the Oireachtas. It has Dáil and Seanad representatives. It has no external members of the Oireachtas. I am open to correction but I believe that is how it is set up in the Constitution to be put in place. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: Unfortunately we have to suspend until the rest of our other colleagues come back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: I am open to taking the committee's view on this. Constitutionally, we might have to see about the membership of the committee. It is made up of Oireachtas Members from both the Dáil and the Seanad. We would have to modify that to have an outside representative on it. We will ask for advice from the clerk, Mr. Christy Haughton, when he is back and we can move on from there. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Deputy. Deputy Fitzmaurice, I acknowledge your presence here tonight and also sympathise with you on the death of your niece.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: It is a very tough time for you and your family. It is great to have you here with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Deputy. We have no other contributions. I thank the witnesses for their time. I apologise for democracy and the votes and everything else interrupting the meeting. It was very informative to say the very least. I thank everyone for their contributions today. The next public meeting will be a select committee meeting on Tuesday, 5 November at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (23 Oct 2024)

Tim Lombard: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024, copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 3rd October, 2024.