Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There seems to be a real problem in terms of the Government taking responsibility for the measures to address climate change as well. While we have the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications telling us that we cannot sell some of the sod peat used to heat homes, at the same time, we hear of the failure over the past six years to plant 21,500 ha, meaning that we have failed to take 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Do the Department officials not see how there is a feeling now that this Government and its Departments take action that affect ordinary people, yet come down with excuses for their own failures in being proactive in making the most out of forestry?