Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise the issue because it is in Bord na Móna’s own opening statement: “the independent expert will also work with suppliers, Bord na Móna and growers to ascertain whether any other peat would be of interest or value to growers”. The growers are telling us they cannot even contact Bord na Móna to engage with it. As I have said, we are coming to a critical stage in the season. These conversations should have taken place months ago, not now nearing the end of the March. What assurances will Mr. Breen give that these suppliers and these growers will not be faced with the same problems they are telling us they are experiencing at the minute?