Mr. James Spillane:

Our industry has spent tens of millions of euro and pounds on researching alternatives. There simply is not enough material at this time. One of our main challenges has to do with how a great deal of the alternatives come from residue from the timber industry, but the timber industry is facing enough challenges of its own. It is struggling and will continue to see a shortage of available materials. As such, what is happening in our industry is not for the want of investment. We have little or no - none, actually - Government support for research and development. All of the investment has come from the industry's members in order to find a path for themselves. We have asked for nothing other than some time, fair legislation under which we can operate and a just transition at the end of the process so that we can continue supplying our industry and our customers.