Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna

1:30 pm

Mr. Mike Quinn:

I am not too sure there has been a big increase in sales of briquettes in the North. There has been a big increase in sales from the North coming back down into the South. It is a huge issue for us and I wish to put something on the record. We fully support the carbon tax. It supports our renewable agenda. That is not what we are saying. What we want is a level playing field. We have had an example of a 24-tonne coal truck showing up in Killarney and selling exactly the same coal as we do for €1,465 cheaper per load. When the VAT is thrown in, it comes to more than €3,000. We just cannot compete with that.

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