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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: This is a matter of the fund itself and how it works. The witnesses might give clarity about what happened this year. It was an unusual year with, I assume, few trade visits and little activity. I assume that €500,000 was not spent on promotion work for live exports. I do not have a crystal ball but will Bord Bia have the capacity to do the visits next year? If it had a windfall...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It is great to have her here to discuss the Bill. The tone in which she ended her contribution was very important. The work that has been done by social welfare staff throughout the country has to be acknowledged. It has been an unbelievable year in so many ways. We have gone through a health crisis and we have Brexit pending in the back of people's...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: Next Wednesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: This morning, the first vaccine was administered in the UK. It is a very positive step and I welcome it. The recipient was a 90-year-old lady from Coventry. The real debate over the next six months is how we will deal with life after Covid and how society will deal with going back to work and all the issues around that. We will have to start talking about people's ability to work from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: The Bandon southern relief road, commonly known as the bypass road, is important infrastructure that for decades has been half complete. Bandon has been through major upheaval in the last ten years. It has been flooded several times and we are halfway through a major flood relief programme, which is very welcome and will revitalise the town. We also hope a public realm scheme will start...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response to this very important issue for the people of west Cork. I am aware that the feasibility study by Cork County Council, about which the Minister of State spoke, is still under review by TII. That is a very important part of the jigsaw. We need the design of the route to be brought forward as best we can because the need for that...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. This is the first time for me to address him about finance in this very important debate. I wish to focus on the significant farm safety measures in the Bill. Amendment No. 65, passed in the Dáil, was a very important statement by this Government. It showed that farm safety needs to be considered as a policy priority. There is really significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses and organisations and I thank them for their written submissions, which are very helpful. I will be brief because I am aware that time is against us. As for where we are with the preparations for a possible hard Brexit, what are the witnesses' views on whether the actual agri-food industry is prepared for it? Are we prepared to have a dramatic tariff put on beef...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I want to speak about the current crisis in the local media sector. We all have local radio stations and publications based in our parishes. The pressure that they have been put under due to Covid-19 is immense. This is more of a rural issue than an urban one because the newspapers concerned are based in rural Ireland. They are part of the dynamic there and have been for a long time....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: Are we ever going to move forward with the actual debate about the post office service itself? Rural Ireland has changed dramatically, particularly over the past eight to ten months. The question about where we are going to put the post office service will be a significant issue that this House will need to debate. In my part of the world, we could end up with the post offices only...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister. One of the key issues in terms of the negotiations is the fishing sector. The fishing community is vulnerable in the context of the Brexit negotiations. Following on from Mr. Barnier's remarks at the weekend that even with a good Brexit there will be in a 15% to 18% reduction in quotas, I would welcome the Minister's views on the likely outcome of the negotiations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: I put it to the Minister that the next 14 days are probably the most important 14 days for the Irish fishing industry in a generation. I ask the Minister to elaborate on the timelines that he believes will be applicable to the actual Brexit issues going forward. It is now 1 December and we are looking at a scenario where an agreement will either be put in place or not in the next 30 days....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (1 Dec 2020)

Tim Lombard: It concerned the mackerel issue. In other words, how does the split in the Irish mackerel quota work between the south and the west, and the north west. Will it be part of the Common Fisheries Policy, or is it an internal issue for the Irish Government to address?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I wish to pass on my full support for these measures. This industry has great involvement, particularly in rural Ireland, with thousands of jobs, and has gone through a very tough patch in the past seven or eight months. In the Minister's Department, Covid has had a major impact on the marine sector. It probably did not have the same effect on the dairy, beef or tillage industries but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recall of Sanitiser Products: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister's statement on this issue. It is amazing that the Department is involved with it in so many ways, given what its brief is. I had not considered that it would be tied in to hand sanitisers and seeing what ingredients they contain, and the public definitely was not aware of that. I might return to the nub of the issue, namely, what happened in Backweston and the campus...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, to the House to discuss the issue of the calf investment scheme. Last January, a calf investment scheme was announced, initially for €1.5 million. It was expanded to €4 million. Some 2,500 farmers have applied for the scheme. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Minister's detailed report...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (18 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. I take it that 838 applicants still have not responded to the issue. In fact, it is more. Does he know how much money is left in the budget pot? How much is unclaimed? Is there a proposal in the Department to have a new scheme? Does the Minister think a new calf investment scheme will be announced in 2021? Does he think it will be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I concur with the comments made by Senators who raised the issue of Dublin Zoo, but I will put a southern twist on the matter. Complexes like Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park need to be debated in the House. More importantly, action by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, is necessary. It is appropriate that she attend the House...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State. He is obviously no stranger to this Chamber. I welcome his new position. This debate is very welcome. How we live and interact with Covid will be a significant issue in the future. The Houses of the Oireachtas need to consider holding debates like this, or perhaps even a rolling debate. The issues we have seen over the last seven or eight months have...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: I thank Senator Dolan for sharing time with me. The Minister of State is more than welcome. We met during the summer - unfortunately, when many parts of west Cork had flooded. I think of the residents of Rosscarbery, Dunmanway, Bandon to a lesser degree and especially Bantry, which was very badly damaged during the floods in August. The Minister of State came down, was very courteous and...