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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: My apologies, Deputy Nolan, also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I will let the witnesses in after Deputies Healy-Rae and Cowen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: Two minutes, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: That is a barrier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: Next year, they will effectively have complete rubbish. There will be a year and a half by the time they get in there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the gentlemen for their contributions, which were really informative. There is work here for us to consider at another stage. I remind members of the committee that we have a private meeting tomorrow, Thursday, 9 November, at 1.30 p.m. The next public meeting takes place on Wednesday, 15 November, at 5.30 p.m. On the agenda is an examination of the challenges facing Horse Sport...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I raise the issue of Summercove National School. The Minister of State is very much aware that Summercove is a school in Kinsale that needs a little extra attention to make sure it reaches its full potential regarding a new building. This is an issue on which Councillor Marie O'Sullivan and I have been working for a long time to make sure we could deliver this new building. There has been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I acknowledge that there has been progress since I last put down the Commencement matter, which is helpful. It is a positive statement for the principal, the chair of the board of management and the 217 kids going to the school. We now need timelines. Perhaps the Minister of State could go back to the Department and give an indication of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: The weekend is approaching. We will have the bizarre scenario, which happens every year, when we will change the time. It is an issue that frustrates me on a continuous basis. We are going back to a law about changing the time that was passed in 1918. The world has moved on but we have not with regard to summer time. It beggars belief when we look at mental health issues and people...

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.