Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for coming in and for their detailed opening statement. I put on the record my congratulations to Mr. Gorman and Ms Alice Doyle, and extend my best wishes to them both.

Our guests are asking for a temporary suspension, which appears sensible, given the fact that there is enough timber. If there was an issue with timber supply, that would not be an option or it would be far more difficult to seek. Have our guests engaged with the sawmills on that proposal? We have heard about the time needed to put those measures together. How quickly can that be done? Have our guests a good idea of the measures that are needed? Is it more of a question of the measures that need to be put in place in Scotland as opposed to the measures we need to put in place here? Have our guests had any engagement with the Department or the Minister? Has the Department engaged with the Scottish forestry agency to hear specifically what has been put in place and the measures it is carrying out in that regard?