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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: The public will be listening to this and will note there is not binding legislation tied into this for the retailer to make sure we can do more to reduce food waste. Under the same remit, we are probably bringing in a nitrates regulation that will have reduction in the dairy herd, which is mandatory. Everyone should play their role regarding the significant figure of 8% to 10% of greenhouse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: What is our target regarding reducing that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Looking at where we are in the pyramid regarding food and production, I find it unbelievable that we do not have a target for reducing the actual food waste. We have targets in other sectors, which have been debated inside-out and outside-in. Could I get clarity on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: By 2030. I thank Ms Robinson. That is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: If we are to reach the target by 2030, what are the goals between now and 2030? It is now 2023. What are we proposing to do by 2025, 2027 and 2029?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the food service industry, which is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Let us take the Restaurants Association of Ireland for example. It is vocal on Twitter on occasion. Would it or has it signed up to the charter? I refer to anything of that nature – not just them. In other words, who has bought into the charter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Okay. Can I back in again in the next round?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I am conscious of time. Can I come in on a related point? In the budget, we announced the increased cost of business grant, which is to assist businesses come to terms with the increase in the minimum wage. Unfortunately, most horticultural enterprises are going to be excluded from this because they are not paying rates. Does Ms Byrne not think there is a capacity for us to revisit the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I wish to turn the topic to the so-called wonky fruit and vegetables scenario we have with producers at the moment and the grading system in place with some supermarket chains. Does Professor O'Mara think there is an opportunity and scope here for both the consumer and the producer to be more efficient when it comes to their product, with a change in focus regarding what wonky fruit and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: It has not happened here though-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: -----and that is a failing of the supermarket chains and everyone else regarding how they attempt it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I ask Ms Robinson about the issue of the so-called wonky fruit and vegetables and the proposed charter. Where does it fit into the dynamic of trying to ensure that the 7% on production level can be addressed and that there can be a logical solution to this wonky fruit and vegetable issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: My worry is that with specifications they can-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Does the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or the EPA have that conversation with the retailers about the charter to see if they can change specifications, particularly regarding the wonky vegetable issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I want to refer back to the 8% to 10% greenhouse gases and how they have been calculated. Where would that figure fit in with other industries? A figure of 10% is huge. Compared to our beef or dairy industries where does that figure actually fit in? In other words, give us some correlation, so we have an idea about perspective. Transportation accounts for 40%. Where would the other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: The Minister of State is welcome. I raise the issue of podiatry care. It is a significant issue nationally and is a major issue in my part of the world down in west Cork. The level of podiatry care that is being provided by the HSE at the moment is very limited. We have had patients come to my office in the past number of years who have been waiting 18 or 19 months for appointments. We...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for the update. I think we are probably where we were last year. There is no major change. More than 1,100 people are on a waiting list. Unfortunately, 329 adults have been waiting for more than 12 months. It is probably that cohort who have been talking to me. That is a really significant figure. Something needs to be done about the CHO 4 area regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I acknowledge and welcome this afternoon's presentation on the important issue of the challenges facing the fruit and vegetables industry in Ireland and particularly the issue of food waste, an issue I have been chasing for a serious period of time. I will start with Professor Hennessy. I acknowledge her contribution to the Food Vision 2030 strategy. On where we are as a society with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the European dimension and what I read about in the papers about the Commission moving towards 2030 targets, one or both professors might give me an update on where they believe those proposals are at the moment. Are they aware of them?