Mr. Simon White:

No. That is why I am appealing to this committee. We are delighted to be here to ask where the emergency response is. This is a national emergency. The Department needs to act. If it is going to take on the recommendations, it needs to move and we need to be involved. We are waiting and ready to help. We have a huge amount of experience but confidence is fast disappearing. The timeframe to deal with this is tiny. If it is not dealt with now, forestry in Ireland is finished as far as we are concerned. We do not want it to be finished and it does not need to be finished. We are all willing to do this but they continue the way they are going, this Minister and Government will go down in history as the Government that took down Irish forestry.