Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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It is unpredictable how life can take turns. I was delayed at the Seanad Chamber so I will look back on proceedings and I do not want to go over old ground. I came in at the end of Deputy Fitzmaurice's contribution about Rochfortbridge and it would be remiss of me to not discuss that also. Derryarkin is very close to me and it is close to the M6 which is even more important. The final line in the section of Mr. Boland's report on Rochfortbridge notes that further research on quality, quantity remaining and viability needs to be carried out. Does Mr. Boland know if anybody is taking on the mantle in that regard? Is anyone even looking into it because it is a startling figure in his presentation that there is enough peat in that pile to do what the mushroom industry would be using for 22 years? It is a lot shorter draw to the four corners of Ireland from Derryarkin and Rochfortbridge than it is from Moldova, as he said himself. It will sit there in a pile unless we or someone else uses it and it will be a nuisance and a bigger issue down the line. I would like to know if anybody has taken the mantle on Mr. Boland's last point about looking into the viability and the possibility of using it?