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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I am asking in respect of the make-up of the board and the balance between farming representatives and representatives of the commercial activity of manufacturing or retailing plastic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is Mr. Dunne concerned with last year's figure? There was a considerable loss and the reserve probably fell to 50% short of where it should have been. The plastic market will be suppressed for the next 18 months at a minimum. Has Mr. Dunne genuine concerns about where things stand at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: The financial implications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I ask about this year's plastic collections. Mr. Moloney mentioned the dry year and we all suffered as a result, trust me. If I read it correctly, a reduction in volume is likely. Will the amount of plastic going through the system have a financial effect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I will go back for one more round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Mr. Moloney, without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Mr. Moloney, without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I will chair it, thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is the plastic which allegedly comes from the North recycled through the system? If so, what is the tariff? How does that plastic become part of the figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Does Mr. Moloney need a code to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: How much is that applicable? How often does that occur? What is the tonnage and value?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Please provide the committee with the exact figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: My next question is for the Department. The group collects plastic. One could argue the point that the less it collects over the 70%, then the more it costs. You could argue that is not happening. I am baffled that the Department is not fully engaged in a PR service around this. The more successful this is, and there are environmental impacts and everything else, the better and it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I do not know if the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications is the right man but we can come back to that argument. Has the Department ever done a professional audit that compared the tonnage of plastics that have been sold in this country with the tonnage collected? Taking into consideration the good works that has been done by the group present and other private...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: Is that not self-regulation? The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is the oversight body nationally and has a huge remit. To ask the scheme to come back with its audit is appropriate in a way but the Department is the entity, so I assume the latter has the levers of power to gather information on where the plastic came in and how much has been recycled and then give...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I call Senator Paul Daly, who will be the last contributor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)
Tim Lombard: I thank the Senator. As there are no other contributors, I thank the Department, the IFFPG and the staff of the Oireachtas for their time. Before we adjourn, the next meeting of the committee will be held on 26 April at 5.30 p.m., where we will deal with the issue of the cost of fertiliser. Since there is no further business, I adjourn the meeting.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Banking Sector (30 Mar 2023)
Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State was more than welcome to the Chamber. I am raising this issue about the vulture funds and the regulation in place to ensure appropriate dialogue is in place between both the client and the vulture fund itself. I raised this issue on the back of meeting several people in west Cork in the past two to three weeks. O'Donovan's Hotel in Clonakilty is probably the...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Banking Sector (30 Mar 2023)
Tim Lombard: Absolutely, Chair, and I thank you. To clarify, the vulture fund epidemic in west Cork needs to be addressed. The funds have moved into town and are appointing receivers on a weekly basis on to properties. They are also suppressing information. We are dealing with a scenario where when it comes to legal documentation, these funds will only provide limited information, which means that...