John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a timing issue as well. The busiest time of the year is now and into the first quarter of next year. That is their busy time when they make their money for the rest of the year. I have received a number of calls from retailers selling coal about wholesalers in the North coming down, door to door, in some cases with a link online to contact and order coal. On one hand, we cannot fault people who are under pressure financially but the damage they are doing to coal and fuel merchants is now reaching a point where they are not prepared to tolerate it any more. What they do about it then is they come to people like me and other Deputies. They are currently undertaking a report about the situation. However, if the evidence is anything to go by it is a serious business being undertaken which is illegal, wrong and depriving the country of its tax-----