Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not think Mr. Delany sees the seriousness of this. As said, prevention is the best cure. For the purposes of the conversation, hypothetically speaking, if the Scots find a beetle tomorrow, that does not mean he arrives today. What about the timber that came in last week? We are then closing the door when the horse has gone. Prevention is the cure. Alarm bells will go off if and when, and hopefully it will never happen. Hypothetically speaking and for the purpose of conversation, if and when the Scots find a beetle in the free area, the alarm bells will be going off here big time. Will they be able to say how long the beetle is there and how many other beetles were in that plantation? What about the logs that, at that stage, have already come into Ireland? We would then be shutting doors after horses have bolted.