Tom Barry (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Every development, be it a milking parlour or yard, is being evaluated on its potential effect on the pearl water mussel. This leads to increased planning costs, slows down planning and needs to be looked at.

The Commissioner should not forget our ongoing efforts to bring back the sugar industry.

There are still issues with State aid rules and perhaps the Commissioner could keep a watching brief on that to see if there is potential to re-establish a sugar industry, after Fianna Fáil removed it singlehandedly.