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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)

Tim Lombard: ..., about what pathways there are for us, as public representatives, to deal with the NTA. I do not believe there is any significant pathway at the moment. We write and we get no response. Senator Buttimer is in the Chair and will understand it is quite obvious that the organisation needs to have an office in Cork. We have been saying it needs a base or location in Cork. The NTA is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Tim Lombard: ..., I would like to acknowledge your rise to the position of Chair. I am delighted for you and your family. You will be an excellent Chair over the next two years. I say "Well done" to Senator Buttimer. I would like to have a debate in the next few weeks or months on the tourism industry, which has unparalleled issues coming towards it at present. Not alone do we have issues regarding...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Tim Lombard: I join others in acknowledging Senator Buttimer in the Leader's chair. It is great to see a fellow Corkman there. If I may talk about something very serious, namely where we are going with our housing issues, we have a real issue when it comes to the Airbnb crisis. Yesterday I was in Kinsale, where I met probably the biggest employer in the town. I met 16 members of staff, all going...

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Tim Lombard: ...has seen significant development and infrastructure such as a new hospital hub is important for the city. It needs growth and potential. The Cork University Hospital, CUH, campus, which Senator Buttimer knows more about than I do, has reached capacity and the site has no further development potential.We now need to look at a greenfield site for a hospital so we can develop the services...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Tim Lombard: I thank the Acting Chairman and I will continue on the same point raised by Senator Buttimer.I compliment Senator Buttimer. He has been an advocate on this issue for many years. It is about proper and sustainable regional development and how we can appropriately have that happen in the regions. Senator Buttimer speaks sense. He is very involved in the aviation industry, he sits on the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Tim Lombard: I thank Senator Buttimer for sharing time and compliment him on his speech. It is important legislation and we just need to progress with it. It is not perfect legislation but it gives the opportunity for our society to open up in a safe and practical way. That is the most important thing: safe and practical. In my part of the world, in west Cork, we will have thousands of visitors coming...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Tim Lombard: ...been very conflicted on this issue for an awful long time. I was a councillor in Cork three or four years ago when this issue was considered by a previous committee, which was chaired by Senator Buttimer. I listened to almost every word spoken during the committee's meetings. Last year, I spent most Tuesdays in my office watching the witnesses come before the Joint Committee on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2018)

Tim Lombard: ...dilemma at present. We are promoting public transport and encouraging people to use buses but the fares do not work. I attended a meeting with representatives of Bus Éireann a few weeks ago along with Senator Buttimer and the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, during which we discussed this issue. There must be a complete review of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Tim Lombard: I join other colleagues in congratulating Senator Buttimer on his good news and wish him the very best of luck. I would like to follow on from Senator Butler's issue regarding Brexit, where we are going and how we will deal with these issues regarding agriculture and fisheries. I take into consideration the announcement on Sunday by the UK that it is pulling out of the 1964 London Fisheries...