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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: Deputy, stick to pre-legislative scrutiny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: Is there any way that Deputy Browne could come down to the committee room to take over the Chair for a period? We have been called to a vote in the Seanad and we need a member to take over the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: I apologise to the witnesses. We are having an issue with regard to votes. Deputy Browne will now come down to take over the Chair. Senator Daly and I will go to vote in the Seanad and will return afterwards. I ask the witnesses to bear with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome Mr. Arnold Dillon. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to a committee. This means that witnesses have full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, they are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be directed by the Chair to cease...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Dillon for his very detailed and comprehensive presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: I have a question about the bedding-in process over the past 18 months. Mr. Dillon might give me a flavour of where he thinks the bedding-in process has happened with these UTPs and what he thinks is required to make sure there is an uptake of information. In his presentation does it state that it is the primary producer or the retailer that has the issue with knowledge of this? Where does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: That is the issue. Where does this campaign go? For the new authority, taking into consideration the lack of knowledge at primary level of the legislation brought in 18 months ago, what does Mr. Dillon envisage will be the drive to make sure we get that knowledge base for the new legislation down to the primary producer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: One of the big issues with the new forum that has been set up is the gathering of data and how that is done. I asked the previous witnesses about this issue. These are publicly available data. Does Mr. Dillon think there will be an issue with the gathering of these data? Does he think there will be a sensitivity, to say the very least, around this issue? Does he think there will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Tim Lombard: The key for this new organisation to be successful is the gathering of these data. Does Mr. Dillon think Retail Ireland's membership feels threatened by that issue, or will there be buy-in at a local level in that regard? Having spoken to retailers, I think they are generally concerned about this legislation. They have a view that it might be a little heavy-handed.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I support the motion. We are trying to flag key issues that need to be addressed while taking into consideration the global issues we have seen, particularly in the last three years when we have seen a pandemic that has affected the world. In Ireland we put nearly €50 billion into the economy to keep it going over that period. That gives an indication of what support the Government...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. It is great to see him here. I wish to raise the plight of a school that is perhaps the school furthest away from this complex, namely, the Beara Community School in Castletownbere. Its location is very peripheral. It is right on the coast. Its catchment includes not only the town of Castletownbere but also the surrounding villages from Eyries to Ardgroom...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This issue is about trying to make sure we have this dedicated unit put in place. The amount of work that is being done by the Beara Community School to make sure that it is managing very capably with what it has at the moment is appropriate, but it really needs to get this dedicated unit on the ground. It needs for this process to be...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: The Minister of State is welcome. It is great to be here. We are fully in support of this important piece of legislation that has been talked about for a long time. When talking about the circular economy, education is a major issue in terms of explaining it, especially from the younger generation to the older generation. I was at a meeting a few weeks ago and the circular economy came...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Tim Lombard: I very much support this proposed legislation. I join with others in thanking Senator Martin for proposing it and for all the work he has done regarding it. I met the protestors outside Leinster House this morning. There is a real sense of urgency regarding this legislation. That is apparent when I meet people and talk to them on the ground, and even on the basis of the number of emails I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I acknowledge and welcome our distinguished guests in the Gallery. It is great to have them here and they did a wonderful interview on the radio this morning. I congratulate them and they are more than welcome. I will address a theme that the Leader and the Leas-Chathaoirleach are well aware of and that I have often spoken about, that is, dyslexia services. We have an issue in that many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: This afternoon I raise the issue of the crisis in our rental car industry. We are all very much aware of the inflation in prices. This morning I got a quote to rent a car for ten days. The sum of that, if I were to take it up, would be €1,800. That is quite extraordinary to see the inflation in the rental car trade. Some 20% of visitors who come to Ireland use rental cars. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I thank the witnesses for the comprehensive opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: We had hearings. I would like to correct-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: -----the record of the committee on that as Senator Paul Daly tried to undermine my position in the last committee. There were three of us here, not two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: In that regard, I want to acknowledge the Senator's kind thoughts towards me but that is another story. I am very serious now though. We were here in 2019 and I will openly say that I thought the industry was on a cliff edge. I was very fearful for where it was going to go. I compliment Ms O'Brien and the board for what is after happening. Major changes have been made, particularly with...