Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Because we have an issue regarding the amount of timber we can cut, we have had in increase in the importation of timber, particularly coming in from Scotland. Is the Department happy with the virus security we have at the ports? Has it made any efforts or any change in staff to make sure that the biosecurity measures in these ports are up to standard? It should be taken into consideration that we previously had issues with ash dieback coming into the country. We had issues with how that actually came in. In some parts of the UK and the Continent, there is a bug that could have a huge impact on the spruce tree population.