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Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: So the timelines for any change or review of the current development plan would happen in that kind of timeline. We are looking at probably four years away to some degree. Would that be fair?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Will that involve public consultation, submissions, going through the members twice, back up with the manager's report and everything else that happens in between?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: The council's problem is that a change in national policy would impact on that plan. The only option the council would have to change the plan then would be some kind of contravention of the county development plan. Would that be appropriate? Would that be how the council could do it if it needed to change the county development plan in the case of a national policy change? Would it be...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Yes, sorry.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Is there a history within Mayo County Council, or Galway County Council previously, of going through contraventions or variations of this nature in the witnesses' experience? Have they done this before? Is it a practice? Is it something they do on a yearly or maybe a two- or three-year basis?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Just so I can get my head straight on this, am I correct to say that the only way a variation would happen is if it is basically brought forward by the management? Is it a reserved function of the management when it comes to the actual county development plan process?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: And then passed by the council.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: If there were to be a change in national policy and then a change in the county development plan, the executive or management would have to initiate the proposal and send it to the members for agreement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: I forgot the most important part. That sets out how a change would happen if there were to be one. Realistically, a change would happen only if there were a change in national policy. Is that a fair reflection on an argument like this?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Very good. If Mr. Kenny was to propose a reinstatement of the railway lines, would a planning permission process be required? What process must be gone through where infrastructure exists on a line?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Does the planning permission application go straight to An Bord Pleanála and not the local authority?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Mr. Kenny might explain the process.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: If planning permission was sought for a cycleway or greenway, would it involve a Part 8 process involving the members of the local authority? What planning process would the local authority use in this scenario?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: How is it managed if a railway and greenway are proposed for the same line? Is a railway order used or a Part 8 process? How are both applications combined in this scenario to adhere to the regulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Is the Deputy finished?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: I apologise for being delayed. I was caught at another meeting. My deepest apologies about turning up late. It is great to have the witnesses here. The presentation was very well put together. The chair designate's involvement with Dawn Meats is something we are all very much aware of. In my part of the world Dan Brown is a very good friend of ours so we know exactly what Dawn Meats...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Indeed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: Very good. Mr. Murrin will take over a really important role in the agricultural sector. This role involves Bord Bia and it involves trying to make sure Bord Bia is fit for purpose to drive forward this really important industry for our entire economy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: What are your personal key goals in your period of time as chairman that you want to deliver? I realise you have been given a few hundredweight of paper and that you are still going through that paper, and I wish you the very best luck. Hopefully Bord Bia will become a paperless operation in your reign as chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Tim Lombard: I was thinking as much.