Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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I return to what I am being told, which is that it is impossible to get Bord na Móna on the phone. What is the situation there? What can be done to improve that for Irish growers? We are here now in March. I think it was Deputy Fitzmaurice who said that work needed to be done ASAP. It is nearly the growing season again. If our growers cannot get in contact with Bord na Móna in the first place, we run a massive risk of jobs being lost in an industry. It is a massive industry, and everybody agrees with that. What is the situation? What is the problem facing these suppliers, who are telling us they cannot even get through to Bord na Móna on the phone in this day and age?