Results 1-14 of 14 for destroyed speaker:Tim Lombard

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: ...is that villages such as Ballinspittle are being affected. They are being washed out. I really feel for the families who were affected at 5 o'clock this morning. Their properties have been destroyed. The fire services did a fantastic job, as always, and I compliment them on that. We should immediately put a humanitarian fund in place for the businesses and households that are...

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

Tim Lombard: ...it is lodged. I walked a 62-acre field of oats last Sunday that was not three inches tall. Maybe four or five weeks ago, this crop was the bones of 4 feet high. It has been bent over, tossed and destroyed. These farmers paid huge conacre prices and had high input costs at the start of the year because fertiliser prices were through the roof. They will lose their shirt in the next few...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

Tim Lombard: ...the Minister of State's comments, particularly those at the end of his speech. The geographical impediment of what we are seeing at the moment is literally killing the family environment, and destroying any social fabric these poor kids have.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Safety (1 Mar 2023)

Tim Lombard: ...wonderful communities that go out picking litter every Saturday while the State is not doing its duty regarding vessels that are creating a huge environmental and health and safety hazard. This is destroying our rural and coastal environment. We need a date for the primary piece of legislation that is being talked about. Two years ago, I was told it was going to be “soon”...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Diseases (23 Nov 2022)

Tim Lombard: ...putting in place of restrictions. In many ways, the Minister's response could be very interesting. How severe is the outbreak that was identified in the past 24 hours? Some 3,800 turkeys were destroyed on foot of the previous outbreak. What is the estimate for the current outbreak? Will a similar number of birds be affected? It is an unusual time of the year in that poultry units are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Diseases (23 Nov 2022)

Tim Lombard: .... Is the Minister fearful about the turkey trade, given the stage of the cycle we are in, weeks away from processing these large numbers of turkeys running into Christmas? Some 3,800 turkeys were destroyed in the previous outbreak. I have no idea how many are involved in the current one. The Minister might inform the House if he has those details. Is he fearful about where we are in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: ...nothing to do for the next six, eight or 12 months until the licensing scheme under the new programme is put in place. The knock-on effect is that we could have people left with no jobs and plants destroyed. I heard of such cases last week. It would be helpful if the Minister could provide clarity on these issues.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: ...shows that the date has not even been decided. A briefing was held this morning. One individual attending informed us that he employs 85 people at his tree nursery. He said that he will have to destroy millions of plants because there is no forward planning and nobody knows when the forestry programme will be rolled out. We have an issue with the amount of land to be planted. It is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Programme (11 Oct 2022)

Tim Lombard: ...that this happened. It was the subject of an "RTÉ Investigates" report afterwards. These poor kids were lost and their organs, which were kept to understand what happened, were subsequently destroyed by incineration in Antwerp, Belgium. We have been talking about bringing forward legislation to make sure that this could never again happen. As a matter of principle, we should have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Tim Lombard: ...our economic zone. In my part of the world, fishing is a really important to the economy. Fishermen work exceptionally hard. That the biodiversity and fishing stocks could be disrupted, if not destroyed, by these exercises is unbelievable. We need to have a real debate in the Seanad on this issue. We should ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, to come to the House to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: ...was going to raise. I would like the witnesses to elaborate on the level of confidence in the industry with regard to planting. We have seen a huge issue with regard to seedlings or plants being destroyed, particularly this year, because of a lack of actual planting in the industry. The knock-on effect of this over the next few years will be horrendous. I ask the witnesses to elaborate...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Nov 2020)

Tim Lombard: .... The issues pertain to the towns such as Bandon, Bantry, Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Rosscarbery, Clonakilty, Leap and Ballydehob, which all suffered serious damage. However the secondary roads were destroyed, and that has been the core issue. The road network in county Cork is an amazing 12,000 km in length; it is the longest road network in Ireland. The amount of damage done to that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Tim Lombard: ...in the data, 5,987 dogs were unaccounted for. That is a large number that rings in the brain. The programme graphically depicted treatment that was cruel. It gave the impression that the dogs were destroyed, unfortunately. Is it possible to break down the data? Mr. Nyhan stated data from 2009 had been used in tying the figures together. As I might be wrong about that, I ask the him...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Tim Lombard: ...Grace O'Sullivan about the burning that is happening. We have an issue in that regard. There are major fires in many parts of my county. As the Cathaoirleach knows well, places such as Gougane Barra were destroyed by huge gorse fires in recent weeks. We need to look at the implementation of the legislation in place, of which training is a key part. We have to ensure those who are...