Mr. Tim Cullinan:

I will clarify an issue on horticulture raised by Deputy Carthy. We liaise daily with people in that sector and in the mushroom sector. We have looked at it. It is important to say there is a group of people that can harvest up to 30 ha of peat without having to get a licence.

It is very important that the message goes back to the Government that those people should be allowed to continue doing what they are doing. They can provide enough peat for both the mushroom and horse sectors. We do not want a situation in which they end up in a quagmire, as we have seen in the licensing of forestry. That is very important.

Deputy Martin Browne mentioned local working groups. Our deputy president has been engaging for over a year. We have a working group with Bord na Móna. There is no point in coming out of this with a negative mindset. If this is done properly, we have a huge opportunity with CO2. I cannot stress that enough. If Bord na Móna is sequestering in the bog; the farmers in the local area are more than willing and able to do similar. It is about another farm income. We have to look out for farmers and ensure land is not damaged or flooded but whatever is happening in this process, we have to see if we can get an income for farmers out of this. There were an awful lot of farmers in that region who would have been working in Bord na Móna as well and they are losing their jobs. We all have to strive to get an extra income for those farmers as well.