Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Hedge-cutting was referred to earlier on by Ms Murphy. It is causing major problems around the country. Ideas must be brought in. Basically, there is no point in talking about it because we have been talking about it for years and nothing has been done. I believe we need to create a system in which farmers or community groups are given €50 per kilometre to do it because it is not being done.

With regard to insurance, there are many people, or "hackers" as we would call them, in the haulage industry. Yesterday, I visited Westport meeting large companies. They have a system to set up their own insurance. They had it underwritten by foreign companies. Has the IRHA looked at doing anything like that?