Annie Hoey (Labour)
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Great. I will bring that up in the Seanad at 6.30 p.m. The need for a central repository of advice for this greening programme was talked about. As everyone associates us with green, Ireland has an incredible opportunity to be that green tourist destination. I was struck by what Mr. Fenn said regarding people who are at different levels and the different levels of support. When we talk about greenways and so on, I often think of the environmental impact and all these other things that have to be balanced out. Will the representatives elaborate a little more on where we need to go in order to get ourselves to that? As was said, because of the profit margins, asking people to invest in things is very difficult, even when people have the best will in the world and want to make the shift to this green economy, which is a huge global economy. I am not an expert in it but people my age, in particular, are now very aware of where they are travelling and the impact they are making. As the land of 40 shades of green, Ireland has a real opportunity in that regard but if support for businesses is not quite where it needs to be, then we are miles off it.