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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: It is a separate Bill.

Seanad: Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: I welcome this important Bill. It is hoped this legislation will be enacted by September. In that regard, I acknowledge the efforts of the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and his officials on the timely presentation of this Bill before the House. This is groundbreaking legislation that provides for parental leave for fathers, which is important when one takes into consideration what has...

Seanad: Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: I will speak first.

Seanad: Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: I wish to share my time with Senator Paddy Burke.

Seanad: Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: Yes or even less time for myself. I support this important motion and I commend Senator Ray Butler on bringing it to the House. The subject of this motion has been an issue for many years, particularly among those in the dairy sector and the wider agricultural industry. Farmers would feel exceptionally isolated if anything were to happen to them and they have felt that they have had to pay...

Seanad: Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: As the Minister is detained in the Dáil due to voting, I propose that we suspend until 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2016)

Tim Lombard: At 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 28 September 2016.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the IFA delegation. It has been a tough year. The dairy industry in particular had a rocky start but there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. I wish to ask about the IFA's proposal on the grain industry, which is experiencing major issues with bad prices and bad weather. Be one from Cork or Donegal, there are crops in the field, but one does not know when they can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the witnesses. With regard to the beef forum, a key issue will be the numbers and the lack of live trade and competition. What are the witnesses' views on how the beef forum will deal with this given that the numbers next year will be so large? This will be a challenge for the industry, the Department and the farming organisations. Will the beef forum be capable of dealing with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: Is it a livestock or a dairy fund? That was one of the key issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: I join other speakers in welcoming the Macra na Feirme delegation. The real issue for me is still land mobility. Macra na Feirme produced a report two or three years that came up with a frightening statistic that there were more farmers over 80 than under 35. That statistic is what haunts farming. I do not know whether looking to increase the age of a young farmer from 35 to 40 will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (13 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: Will the delegation elaborate on its views on diesel? Mr. Kent stated in his presentation that it would be bad for the economy. Where does he see that going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: This debate has run around the licence fee itself. Has the Minister considered the asset space of RTE, what it owns, where it owns it and the most suitable location for a national broadcaster to be based? Has he taken the wage structure in RTE into consideration? The top ten broadcasters are probably earning twice the amount earned by the Taoiseach so there are issues about the body...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: No problem, we will keep it very brief. The electric car grant scheme is very important. Taking into consideration Drive4Zero, a pilot initiative run in Cork several years ago and the issue arising from that pilot regarding free car parking spaces, banks coming on board, local authorities and joined-up thinking between everyone, has the Minister any plans to extend that pilot and initiate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: One of the key issues over recent months and years is Whitegate and where we are going with it. I welcome the announcement made by the Minister in recent months that the Whitegate issue has been solved through guarding the oil refinery. Will this long-term contract or private sale ensure we will have a commercially working oil refinery on this island? Is the Minister happy that the body...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: Regarding what he said about energy security, does the Minister have plans to look at Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay and what it has to offer the State? Does he intend to review the terminal and the institution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister's statement regarding the grain industry, an issue that was discussed at this meeting. Rarely have we seen such devastation in the grain industry. I have never seen anything like it in my part of the world. Yields are down, moisture is high and even the ability to bale straw is not there at the moment. I wish the Minister luck with the meeting to be held on 8...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: Senators Kieran O'Donnell and Hopkins raised the plight of the farming community, but there is a major issue with grain growers and the grain sector. The grain sector in Ireland is on the verge of failing and ceasing to exist because of a fourth year of bad weather, bad prices and bad volume. We are looking at a situation, from Cork to Donegal, where grain has not been harvested, prices are...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Tim Lombard: I wish to raise the issue of Norwegian Air International, NAI, and the long-running debacle that has been the attempt to get transatlantic flights into Cork Airport. It is very important for the second city that we have a transatlantic airport and direct flights from Cork to the US. During the week, NAI announced that it had booked slots from March onwards and was proposing to put in place...