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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: Was thought ever given to the idea that the Department should have an input into and a stake in how fish should be weighed, whether with industry-owned machinery or otherwise? Were there ever talks on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I appreciate that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: Mr. Hayes used a phrase in one of his contributions that suggested there is a healthy friction between the SFPA and the fishing industry. What was that phrase? He had some-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: How would Mr. Hayes classify the SFPA's relationship with the Department? Does it involve a healthy friction as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: Mr. Hayes will forgive my lack of understanding, but he might explain to me the SFPA's board or its set-up. It does not physically have a board, does it? How does it constitute itself?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: At present how many are appointed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: What was the membership over previous years? Was it more than one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I bet Mr. Hayes does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: Indeed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: My final questions are on the authority's role as the regulator. I am familiar with the work of other regulators in other streams. The digital regulator, Ms Helen Dixon, has had a very competitive role with the Department of Social Protection on certain issues. Has the authority, in its role as regulator, ever had to take on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I thank the witnesses for their contributions at this very long session. I thank members present in the room and those who joined us online. At the next meeting of this committee, which will take place on Wednesday, 25 May at 5.30 p.m., we will hear from officials from the Department of Rural and Community Affairs and Bord na gCon. The first session will be on the Dog Breeding...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I join others in acknowledging Senator Buttimer in the Leader's chair. It is great to see a fellow Corkman there. If I may talk about something very serious, namely where we are going with our housing issues, we have a real issue when it comes to the Airbnb crisis. Yesterday I was in Kinsale, where I met probably the biggest employer in the town. I met 16 members of staff, all going...
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister for her wonderful Bill. I have not tabled over 200 amendments like Senator Higgins and simply wish to acknowledge the amount of work that the Minister has done on this important legislation. Today, we are a speaking about something that an awful lot of us are passionate about whether that is in what we do in life or in society. I will now try to flesh out this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. Farr, Mr. O'Mahoney, Mr. Griffin and Mr. Lucas for their contributions. It has been very informative. Through their testimony here we have seen the huge gaps in the service and the gaps in confidence. Mr. Farr might give me an indication of where the process is in that if he was to be so-called suspended what rights if any would he have going through the process? Where does...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: The day after?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I have a question for Mr. O'Mahony with regard to what is happening in Castlehaven. How are the disciplinary issues affecting the community there? Has there been a real rift in the community?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: Explain the confidentiality issue. Is it that people get correspondence and they cannot speak about it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: Volunteers are being denied any bit of support.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (11 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: They would be the same rights people would have in the Army regarding the reserve.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)
Tim Lombard: I compliment the Cathaoirleach on naming the 13 men who were, unfortunately, shot just over 100 years ago. I was at that ceremony on Wednesday of last week in Dunmanway. It was a touching and moving ceremony. The acknowledgement today by the Cathaoirleach is very important. It is part of that healing process. We are going through a decade of commemoration and this a part of our...