Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not suggesting there are any easy solutions but can any of our three guests point to a resolution within the next number of weeks? As I said, this is a unique situation for me to be in. I have listened to several members and representative organisations tell us in very vocal terms for the past two years, and certainly for the past year, that an entire sector can and will be wiped out unless action is taken. I see this merry-go-round. We all accept that every action has a consequence but we are facing a perilous moment. I need to know, and this committee needs to hear, that there is a drive within each of the witnesses' Departments, or at least one of their Departments, to actually sort this out. Is there any confidence among any of the three witnesses that this will be resolved in the next short while?