Results 321-340 of 2,330 for speaker:Tim Lombard
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: I wish to raise the issue of the dairy industry and where we are at the moment regarding the nitrates derogation. The nitrates derogation was clarified in the past few months. The EPA published a map on 1 July which puts Ireland in two different zones regarding organic manure, one zone in 250 kg N/ha and one in 220 kg N/ha. The knock-on implication is that those in the 220 kg N/ha zone...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: I thank the Chair for bringing clarity to the issue. It is important we hear from the petitioners. It is a significant petition of 26,000 signatures. It is the biggest we will ever get at this level of the committee. The topic was well aired by the previous speaker who has good knowledge of what is happening on the ground. We have seen the success of greenway projects throughout the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: To tell the honest to God's truth, I am not that happy with the response from the Department. Under the nitrates regulation that has been proposed and the review of the nitrates action plan we will potentially go down from 250 kg/ha to 220 kg/ha in the red areas. That will effectively mean a reduction in the herd, which was not mentioned in the response. Those figures need to be clarified....
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: As Vice Chair of that committee, I do not have an issue with that.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: The Minister of State is more than welcome. My Commencement matter calls on the Minister for Health to provide an assurance that the HSE will give permission to continue to approve and reimburse new medicines from next January onwards. This is a very significant issue. Over the past three years €100 million was provided for new medicines and such expenditure has been greatly needed...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: Generic medicines are a real issue in a certain setting. However, in regard to the new medicines, that cutting-edge technology, I refer back towards 2007 when Interferon cost €5,000 a shot for Ger, at the time. He got it every month for 12 months. That was the kind of expenditure required to actually give Ger the life he had. I argue this is not about generic medicines. This is...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: The past few days have been somewhat traumatic in my part of the world. We have seen nearly 50 mm of rainfall. The storm which has hit the south-west coast is absolutely frightening. Looking at social media this morning, it strikes me that the floods in some parts of Cork and Kerry are something we have not seen since 2009. It seems that 50 mm of rain will fall in a 26-hour or 27-hour...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: We have received several emails about this issue in the past few days. It does not appear to be looked upon by the bus service itself. How are we going to ensure vaping is banned on school buses? The children who have emailed me this morning will not get a school bus until we stop the actual-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: I think it was two, Chair.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: How did I get-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: I had two seconds left there.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: Can I get back the time that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: ----------the Chair took off me? I did not manage-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: Can I finish, Chair?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: The issue is that children will not get on the school bus because other children are vaping on it. This issue needs to be looked at.We need to have a debate with the representatives of either the Department of Health or the Department of Education about this issue.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: There were two issues, not three.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: I think he is losing the ability to count.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: The others can keep it going.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: Who is chairing who here?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)
Tim Lombard: You are pre-empting him, Chair.