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

There is a problem in that. I appreciate everything Mr. Gleeson has said. I want to finish on this point in order to let other members in. Will the Department give us a tip-off, one way or the other, on whether Coillte will have enough licences at its October market because it did not have enough last year? Mr. Gleeson spoke about talking up forestry but the reality is that forestry is a dirty word in rural Ireland because of the total fiasco that has happened. Many people are out of jobs and contractors have lost machinery due to this process. This is the fourth or fifth time that relevant people, whether Ministers, Secretaries General and assistant secretaries general, have been before the committee. We have spent a lot of time on this. The problem is that we do not seem to be making any headway. From speaking with the people involved on the ground, there is more frustration developing day by day. That is not a good way to try to achieve something. Having spent a year on this, does the Department believe that maybe someone in another section should take the reins as he or she might do a better job? Does Mr. Gleeson consider that?