Mr. Tom Donnellan:

Mr. Reilly has spent night and day working on this topic. We are well aware of it and we share the Senator's concerns regarding what is happening. Bord na Móna is a commercial semi-State body and we do not exist to see how much money we can make at communities' expense. Rather, we are there to provide jobs and renewable energy and to decarbonise the economy. We have form in this area. We have built wind farms and have put community gain schemes in place. We have always found a formula and a way through any difficulties. I commit today to do our utmost to find a formula and to make it work for the community because that is what we are about. We are not a big private industry that takes advantage of local communities. We know communities are important. Most of the communities in this instance include people who have worked for Bord na Móna, which is why we have been accepted throughout the country, especially in areas where we were able to develop renewable energy. We are engaging on the issue, which is on my radar every day. We have not pushed it off to the side.