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

To be honest, the season is nearly gone. We are heading into August and all we had was a talking shop for the past three months. To be frank about it, it is putting a ferocious onus and probably a load against it because the environmental lobby, Government bodies and Departments seem to be more interested in closing things in this country than in keeping workers producing stuff. I do not accept that Germany and other countries can be working away and that the Department has not looked at peat coming here in terms of the environmental footprint and regulations in the same EU that they all love? We are looking at the boats coming in when we have the product here. If you tried to sell oil to an Arab he would tell you fairly quickly where to go.

The Departments must look at ways to resolve this by going to Europe. I asked the question earlier, but it was not answered, as to whether anyone has gone to the European officials and explained the situation we are in. Have they gone to DG 11, climate action or environment, about this situation? Could someone please answer the question?