Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish Mr. Gorman all the best as president, and Ms Alice Doyle, my constituent, as vice-president of the organisation. Mr. Gorman will not always get plaudits like this when he appears before a committee. He will probably be shouting and roaring at us, but that is the way it goes. On his first committee outing, I wish him the best of luck. I say that genuinely.

I am interested in the point he made about a review being carried out in a timely and efficient manner. That would be something new for Government to do with any task force or review. My biggest fear of any suspension or anything like that, and a task force being set up, is that it will takes months and months. I am not sure that anyone can guarantee that it can be carried out in a timely and efficient manner by the time investigations are done, witnesses appear and considering committees might be involved.

Perhaps the witnesses might be able to tell me something very different. I am interested in finding out what consultation they have had with their counterparts in the equivalent farming organisation to the IFA in Northern Ireland. I guess the National Farmers Union is in Northern Ireland. It is very important that there is a conversation with them. Has the IFA had any consultation with the Construction Industry Federation? I know some of these questions might be repetitive and that it was mentioned that the timber milling companies and importers are very much opposed to a temporary ban. If the delegation will answer those questions, I will then have some further questions.