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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: Mr. Murphy might send a copy of that, so that we could take note of all of those suggestions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I call Deputy Matt Carthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I am sorry, but we cannot make allegations about people who are readily identifiable. We just need to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I know, but they could be identified. Mr. Neary might tone it down if he could.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: The Veterinary Council of Ireland is not here to defend itself so we may take up that issue at another meeting. It is up to the members to decide what to do. Perhaps we could restrict ourselves in this discussion to the actual legislation and how that can be tied in. That might be appropriate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: Members and witnesses need to be cautious as to whether corporates may be breaking the law. We are not a court. We do not have that remit. We are here to discuss legislation that has been proposed by the Chairman, Deputy Cahill. I caution members and witnesses about their commentary on the corporates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I call Deputy Fitzmaurice. There might be technical issues at his end. If Deputy Fitzmaurice has any questions, he might send them on to the witnesses, who might respond to them accordingly if possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: Could the Deputy elaborate what witnesses would be appropriate for this committee to call? Other entities have been mentioned today so could the Deputy give his view regarding which of them should be invited to appear before the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: The secretariat will issue a note on that at the private committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: It is in the hands of the members in many ways. I appreciate Senator Daly's proposal. On the other side, we have had a comprehensive debate. Deputy Carthy mentioned getting the other side of the argument so we do our work appropriately. It is open to the committee to come up with a ruling. Does Deputy Carthy want to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: We might discuss the next stages regarding this Bill at the next private meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: Are we proposing to write to the veterinary council? Are there any other vested interests? Is there anyone else we need to----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: On behalf of the committee, I thank Deputy Cahill and his witnesses for their engagement as part of the joint committee dealing with the scrutiny of the veterinary practice (amendment) Bill 2021.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: It is great to be back in the Chamber. I acknowledge the good news we heard from Senators Moynihan and Ward and offer my congratulations. I wish to raise the current guidelines relating to Covid. We have had an amazing vaccination programme. So much good work has been done in the past six months in particular but we need to get our institutions back on an even keel when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I apologise for missing part of the presentation. I was speaking in the Seanad. It is great to have this group before the committee. This is an important day. We need to promote women in agriculture and also acknowledge the women who are in agriculture. My mother, who is 72 years of age, has worked all her life on the family farm. There is a legacy issue that needs to be addressed, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses. This has been a positive discussion. The contribution from the farming organisations has been really good and it has helped the debate on the proposals. I will touch on the higher banding of cows in particular, those producing over 650 l of milk. Taking that into consideration, I spent yesterday afternoon at Grange going over the new proposal of calf to beef and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I welcome Mr. Gleeson and his team this afternoon. I will be very brief. I have two or three questions on which I hope to get clarification. The first is with regard to targets. I believe Mr. Gleeson has given clarity that he believes the Department will not hit the targets that were set at the start of the year. Has the Department revised its targets for this year yet? More...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: Will Mr. Gleeson at some stage provide the committee with that information regarding having 100 licences per week over 52 weeks amounting to 5,000 licences? Will he be putting that in writing to the committee in the next few months? This is September. When does Mr. Gleeson think he will have that information for the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: I mention the licences or the applications that have been in the system for more than one year. I know that at the start of the year a concerted effort was made to take into consideration bigger applications in order that we could have vast amounts of forestry coming through the system faster. Is Mr. Gleeson proposing to look at these licences that have been in the system for more than one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Tim Lombard: Because we have an issue regarding the amount of timber we can cut, we have had in increase in the importation of timber, particularly coming in from Scotland. Is the Department happy with the virus security we have at the ports? Has it made any efforts or any change in staff to make sure that the biosecurity measures in these ports are up to standard? It should be taken into consideration...