Mr. Kieran Dunne:

Deputy Kehoe's question related to our engagement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We have always had a fantastic relationship with the Department and we work closely on all aspects, including this issue. In addition to working with the Department, we have worked with Teagasc, as I said earlier. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is aware of our issues, as is the Taoiseach. We have gone to the very top.

The price of professional horticultural compost will double, from between €37 and €40 per metre to between €70 and €80, and that is in the greater Dublin and Leinster area. In Cork, that could be €120 per metre, while in Deputy Ring's constituency, it could certainly exceed €100 per metre. We have a superb relationship with all the Departments. This is an anomaly, not of our making, that needs to get sorted.

On the issue of the working committee, I reiterate that it has been extremely slow and people have been hiding and waiting for the review committee to produce its results and findings. To us, that is not acceptable or good enough and it needs to get sorted.