Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not delay but wish to make a final point. Ms McNelis has said that she has been trying to do this for the past 20 or more years. Now there is this petition to the committee where the Chairman is from Tipperary, Deputy Buckley is from Cork and I am from Limerick. Maybe the difference now is that we actually know what we are talking about and we live in the areas where these thatched cottages are. We experience it and are not afraid to talk up to Departments that do not understand what they are regulating for.

I have great confidence in the committee in which we are involved and in its Chairman. We all help each other out and we have vast experience in different areas. I believe we will arrive at a position where we will do our best to force the hand of people who do not understand how important the thatched cottages are.