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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I will be brief as we have been this for three and a half hours. I compliment the five farming organisations. This is our third session examining this issue. Nearly everything has been said and today has been positive. The information we have been given is practical and also gives an indication of where we need to go in making sure this Bill is workable. The terminology used by the Data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target and General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Welcome back. There has been a change in Chair. There is a vote in the Dáil, so I am taking over for the time being. We have representatives here from the Irish Farmers’ Association, IFA, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, ICSA, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, ICMSA and Macra na Feirme. Before we go any further, I must read a note privilege so the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Smith family. I also welcome the proposed legislation on civil registration of stillbirths. My wife is a midwife and I do not think a Christmas goes by where this issue is not discussed. It is very important legislation on an issue that affects so many families on a daily basis. It is very important that we progress this, if we possibly can. The other issue I will raise is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Yesterday, I read in the Irish Examineran article from 1985 about Cork County Council being under exceptional financial pressure with its budget and needing £2.3 million to stay afloat. I read the Irish Examinertoday, 37 years later, and it features a similar headline. The council now needs €24 million to stay afloat. It is amazing that this issue occurs on a continuous basis....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his courtesy in allowing me speak with my not being a member of the committee. I thank everyone for their presentation. I will ask the Dyslexia Association Ireland a few things. What is dyslexia? What is the issue? Will Mr. Ewing define it? It is not just reading and writing, organisational skills, self-esteem issues, tiredness or trying to cope with the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Ewing give me an example of organisational skills such as making sure your shoes are there in the morning and your keys are in the usual spot? Will Mr. Ewing explain those issues not alone for kids but for adults?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: The stress kids with dyslexia face is a massive issue for the child, the family and everyone in the setting. Families are trying to cope daily and weekly. Will Mr. Ewing elaborate on the stress on the household?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Ewing explain to me how percentiles, which go from one to ten, operate? Will he explain where they go and how they are measured?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: On the psychologist’s assessment, how frequently does a school get the opportunity to access that? I am hearing there is one per school. That is for a country school and the figure is probably more in bigger schools. How available are those assessments?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: With such a limited opportunity to get an assessment, children have primary level to get their base, the core of reading and writing. If they do not get the assessment or the interaction that is required, for children in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh percentile going into secondary school without being diagnosed, what are their chances of even surviving 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) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: This is dyslexia awareness month and this is an unusual conversation to have in the month that is in it. My problem is that for the family, the parent, the child and the unit at home, their biggest issues are access to assessment, access to an understanding by the public and access to technology. Mr. Ewing has not mentioned that word today. Will he explain where technology comes in?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (12 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: My last question is for Professor Ó Duibhir. I am taking liberties and I deeply apologise for it. We have had a very interesting debate. The Dyslexia Association of Ireland talked about what is required for the parent, the child and the family unit, and the stress that is involved. We heard how that child deals with normal issues, such as where his or her shoes are in the morning....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Programme (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: This Commencement matter asks the Minister for Health to make a statement on the proposed human tissue Bill, which has been mooted for so long. I have raised this issue here previously. On 10 November 2021, I asked the Minister to make a statement on the incineration of baby organs in Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH, and asked what changes he proposed to bring forward. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Programme (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. It is almost verbatim word for word of what I heard from the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, 11 months ago on this issue. On that occasion she told me the Bill would be published before the end of 2021. Now we are saying it will be done towards the end of this Oireachtas term. This is a frightening statement....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I raise the issue of where we stand regarding our public transport corridors and our local government in this context. A delegation came to see me at one of my clinics in Kinsale yesterday about the Cork-to-Kinsale route. It is a significant one used by tourists every day. The starting point for that route has been changed, however. Instead of starting at the bus station at Parnell Place,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State and welcome the officials. I will follow Deputy Carthy's train of thought regarding the NVPS. Will Mr. Collins comment on how that ties into the other users of data that farmers use, such as apps and so on? Will they be interlinked? They are not at the moment. When farmers get a prescription from a vet, is that linked into their farming data? Will there be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Who are the representative bodies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: If farmers get a prescription from a vet, they can then upload it to whatever app they used to register their animals. Their profile contains everything on the same app.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Collins clarify whether he means the farmer or farming organisations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the timeline, this can go live when the legislation is passed. Will it be linked to agri.ie?