Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I am fairly disappointed. We have been sidelined by Ministers coming in but some of the answers that we have got, especially Deputies Carthy and Michael Collins earlier, have been very evasive. It does not sit right with me.

The opening statement said Bord na Móna has indicated to the Department officials that it is willing to assist in any way it can to alleviate the current situation in which the horticultural industry finds itself. Can Mr. Breen tell me precisely what Bord na Móna has done in this regard? I ask this because I have spoken to people over the past couple of months about it and there has been very little engagement as far as they are concerned. One man has told me that it is impossible to get someone on the phone about getting peat supplies.