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Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Psychological Services (4 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. She has been a frequent visitor since her appointment. I wish to raise the issue of psychological services in west Cork, in particular child and family psychology services. Recently, I was told by the HSE that there is a 22 month delay for a child to receive these services. I was very shocked to learn there is a wait of 22 months in cases...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Psychological Services (4 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for her very in-depth response. This all comes down to staffing, which is probably the key issue in this debate. I would like to welcome the Minister of State's statement regarding the 12 whole-time equivalents. However, four are still to be appointed. The actual issue is similar to the nursing issue, namely, whether we have the correct quality of workmanship...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I support the call for a slurry spreading derogation. This issue has been on the agenda and needs to be addressed. The deadline is the night of 14 October. It is a major issue for the agricultural community following an exceptionally wet summer. Covers in some areas are too heavy to access slurry. Farmers are still cutting grain in my part of the world; therefore, slurry cannot be spread...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I join other speakers in welcoming the Minister to the House. I compliment him on his engagement so far on what is a very serious issue. Brexit and the proposed hard Border is probably the most serious item on the political agenda at the moment and how we deal with it will have a major impact on our citizens and society. I wish to reflect more on the trade impact. There are many...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Following on from yesterday's budget statement, which was positive in many respects, I want to focus on the speech by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, and his unique take on low-cost finance for farmers. It was a major step forward for the agricultural community that, through the good work of the Minister, €150 million has been made available for...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I want to discuss the proposed merger of Cork City Council and Cork County Council. There has been debate about this issue for many years. It is a topic that has been debated for over a decade. The Alf Smiddy report, which was published last year, recommended a merger. We are now having a review of that report. There is genuine concern that we are reviewing another report. There should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I thank the board members and chairman of Horse Racing Ireland for their contributions this evening. It is very important to bring clarity and, hopefully, closure to this issue. We are all aware of the importance of the horse racing industry to the economy. Can I get some clarity on the actual process? It was well flagged five years ago that a new CEO would be in place by this time 2016....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Can I get clarity there? In the correspondence of 25 July, which is coming back from the Minister's office, point 4.1 says the contract in relation to bonuses will be removed and then at point 4.9 it says that payment of a director's fee to the chief executive will be removed. At point 5.3, it says that the reference to a car payment will be removed. The Minister removed those items from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I would like to refer to correspondence on 25 July. I ask for clarity on it. It is addressed to the chairperson from Brendan Gleeson, assistant secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It involves proposed amendments to the contract, as far as I can read from the minutes. The first line in the contract indicates that the duration of the contract must be a maximum of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Was it the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I take it, therefore, that, if he wanted to in five years time, Horse Racing Ireland's chief executive officer could have run on again with a contract of indefinite duration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: The original contract proposed by Horse Racing Ireland did not exclude a contract of indefinite duration. It took the Minister to insert a five-year term. It is fair to say that, only for the Minister inserting a five-year term, Mr. Kavanagh would have been there under a contract of indefinite duration. Is that not true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: In the contract Horse Racing Ireland had proposed did it propose to remove a contract of indefinite duration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: My question is fair. It refers back to the correspondence we received. The correspondence goes on to state the Minister pointed out that he wanted certain things to be amended in the contract. What was contained in the original contract sent to the Minister in 2015 or 2016 and why did he have to exclude references to a payment for a car, director's fees-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Why did it take the Minister to remove them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Therefore, the previous contract, a contract of indefinite duration, was sent to the Minister and it took him to remove the references to a contract of indefinite duration, bonus payments and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: The Minister intervened to change it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Therefore, Horse Racing Ireland could state it was not a contract of indefinite duration because of the legal opinion it had received.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: Therefore, only for the Minister, Deputy Michael Creed, Mr. Kavanagh could have been there for a considerable period after the contract had ran out.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Tim Lombard: I raise the issue of Seanad reform and the proposed relocation of the Seanad Chamber. According to reports in the media today, the former director of the National Museum of Ireland, Dr. Pat Wallace, spoke about the relocation of the Seanad and asked the when, where and what involved in the process. The relocation of the Seanad arose before I became a Senator and new Senators' knowledge of...