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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: That will or could have a different impact on those figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: If Mr. Geraghty were my vet and I were to ring him tomorrow morning - it is a long way to come down to Minane Bridge - will he run through what I need if I want dry cow tubes? Does he need physically to call out? What is the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Geraghty give me an example? If I have a bunch of 40 mating heifers that I want to get dosed, do I turn up at his premises, does he call out, or how does this system work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Is that parasite control plan over a 12-month period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Is doing that system the only way the product can be accessed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Is that for both bovines and sheep?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: It is the competency of the vet versus the authorised person in the other practice that might not have the same veterinary. Would that be a fair analogy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: It is 20%. What does Mr. Geraghty think that will be at the end of the lactation period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: In regard to the technology, uploading scripts and everything else that pertains to it, TB testing has been transformed. It is amazing how things such as artificial insemination, AI, has been transformed. It is amazing how technology has changed. When that piece of technology is up and running, will there be a charge in place for a farmer to get access to that script? How does Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Regarding where we are with the veterinary practices, with ageing practices alongside ageing farmers and everything else, given the distances in some areas in particular, and Mr. Murphy probably knows Glengarriff and that part of the world better than most, there is a need to cover geographical areas. Regarding the number of vets who are available, does Veterinary Ireland have the manpower...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: There was an issue in Donegal many years ago where an area was left without a vet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: We will not go there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: A point was made about the North, which does not really affect me because of where I am located geographically. It is interesting that we have two regimes in one part of Ireland. How do we deal with that? Does Mr. Geraghty have genuine concerns about it being a two-tier system? Does he believe there would be much movement of product? Would a two-tier system be workable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: We are short on time. Saying that there has been conflicting evidence in the past few weeks would be an understatement. I am being polite. The evidence that has been given to this committee is black and white. Mr. Geraghty said he has sat through and watched the recordings. It is hard to imagine that we are talking about the same idea. The views of people on both sides have been black...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: To take a scenario from dairy country, the normal protocol would have been to go to the co-op who probably knew the farm being set out for obvious reasons. That system is apparently closed at the moment. Rightly or wrongly, it is gone. Mr. Geraghty said there is a reduction of around 2%. When this dry cow period is finished-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Chair for his courtesy. I will stay on topic this time round. Last time, I was slightly off topic. I am only a visitor to this committee. It has been a very important debate and an interesting afternoon. The Minister mentioned some figures regarding primary schools. The witnesses might clarify them for me. She said the rate of exemptions went from 3.3% down to 1.9%. Am I...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I am amazed that the primary school level has decreased. It is an amazing figure. There was a feeling out there that the primary school figures were increasing dramatically. This is news to me. Maybe the committee was aware of that but I was not. It has brought clarity to the entire situation of where the exemption process is going. I ask the witnesses to elaborate on how education...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I refer to what happens when a child goes to secondary school, the special education co-ordinator who is in most secondary schools and the role that person plays in identifying problems and issues, working with the education system, as well as the parents and teachers. Is that an important leg in making sure no one falls through the cracks in the context of secondary school?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the strict learning assessments that are done, a child can only get an exemption if he or she is below the 10th percentile. Why is it the 10th percentile and how did that emerge?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: The question is why not the 11th or 9th percentile. The 10th percentile is a round figure.