Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I compliment my colleague, Senator Mary White, on recognising the advantage of the new bridge and what the Taoiseach should be doing. I assure her that the Taoiseach has the matter in hand and is meeting his Northern counterparts and the British Prime Minister on the very same issue, which is political. Her colleague and my friend from north County Louth, Councillor Peter Savage, will be delighted by what she has had to say this morning.

I know carbon taxes on coal and briquettes have been introduced today. Standard Brands which is not a small company as it employs 100 people in Killcare and Castlebellingham, County Louth, mainly manufactures fire lighters and has done so for many generations. It manufactures a fire log. I think it is the log end of the business to which the carbon tax applies. It is a glorified firelighter which compliments what Standard Brands already manufactures. It is a substitute for similar imported logs from Germany and the Netherlands.