Results 181-200 of 2,330 for speaker:Tim Lombard

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Leader for his kind interjection. What I was trying to get across was that the hours councillors work while they are going through a county development plan has to be looked at. What they did last week in Cork County Council was absolutely wrong in so many ways. Over a three-day period they sat for 34 hours. On the last day, they sat for 17 hours, from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m., making...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Tim Lombard: I have raised previously the absence of guidelines on solar farms.The epidemic of planning permission grants for solar farms over the past 12 months to keep Ireland lighting 24/7 needs to be dealt with legislatively and guidelines need to be put in place. Today in Kinsale, County Cork, planning permission was granted for another solar farm by An Bord Pleanála against its own...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Tim Lombard: I rise to speak about the flood relief scheme in Bandon. It has been an ongoing issue for the last decade if not more and there has been a stop and start situation in the scheme for the last three or four years. Work began four years ago but people were pulled off-site. There has been major concern in Bandon over the last week at the lack of progress and as rumour spread that there were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)

Tim Lombard: I apologise for being late. I was detained at another meeting. I welcome the witnesses to this space. It is a very important initiative and it has been very positive. I wish to ask about the duration of the loans. It is becoming an issue with the farming public. In the documentation, 19% of farmers are looking for loans over six years. Was that predetermined by the banks which put...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Tim Lombard: Last February I raised the issue of the postponement of a proposed major expansion by Eli Lilly in Kinsale on foot of the election of Donald Trump as US President.This was a grave concern for many people in my part of the world who did not know where the €200 million project was going to be located. The way the Trump Administration was carrying on in the United States had put the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Tim Lombard: I apologise for my absence earlier; I got caught in votes in the Seanad. It is great to have representatives of the banks here to discuss this very important issue. How is this scheme expected to play out in the future? Will it be the model that will be used for banking and financing of agricultural products in future or will it be a once-off? The Government has already put money into...

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting: Statements (23 May 2017)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the opportunity to comment on the important matter of the future of broadcasting and how we will fund it into the future. Senator Terry Leyden is correct that the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, has a very wide brief that includes communications which we are discussing, post offices and climate change. It includes everything, except water, but I believe that is on the way to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing this important Commencement matter before the Seanad. I am raising an issue relating to a school in Innishannon, a small village between Bandon and Cork city that has seen significant growth in recent years. This village has seen significant numbers come into the area. We are trying to ensure this school can develop and that the entire campus or site...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I will be very brief. The last page of the statement says it all. There is planning permission for two classrooms, but planning permission must now be sought for a small classroom. It does not make practical or logical sense. That is the argument I am trying to get across. I ask the Minister to relay that comment to the Minister for Education and Skills. It is an issue which can be...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State to this House and congratulate him on his very worthy appointment. I am sure that he will do an excellent job. Today we are discussing legislation that is urgent in so many ways. We saw that last February the then Attorney General wanted to promote the legislation due to an anomaly she saw in the previous Bill. It is important that we move ahead, if we...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Fish Quotas: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I will be very brief. I acknowledge the Chair and his courtesy towards me. I have been in and out of this meeting today. This has been a very useful debate on the issue of the mackerel quota itself and where we are going. It has shed light on the issue itself. Without doubt there is a conflict of ideals between some organisations about where we should be going with the industry. From...

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: It is a great pleasure to be here and I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his reappointment to this very important role. This issue has been something that Deputy Kyne has been very much involved in. We are very aware of his knowledge here today. This is important legislation and I acknowledge the presence in the Gallery of Deputy McLoughlin, who spearheaded this Bill...

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (22 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the new Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Griffin, to the Chamber. I congratulate him on his elevation to high office and wish him the best of luck. It is a great honour for him and I am sure he will bring his expertise on the sporting field to his new role. I am very sure that this little tussle this morning will be like a Cork v.Kerry...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (22 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I am more of a hurling man myself. I call on the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to develop a strategy to increase funding for, recognition of and participation in female sport. It is a very important issue that we as a community, society and Government need to work on. There are a myriad of problems in female sport at the moment. One of the key issues is the very high dropout...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (22 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I acknowledge the contribution made by the Minister of State. It is a very proactive contribution. In the future, we can definitely work together to ensure the strategy is put in place to benefit everybody.

Seanad: Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the new Minister of State at the Department of Finance. This is the first opportunity I have had to be in his presence since his appointment and I congratulate him on his promotion. I acknowledge the Bill before us and Senator David Norris's input into it. It deals with an important matter that affects so many members of society. There are issues in the housing market that need...