Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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It costs more to shear the sheep than what will be got for selling the wool. We are just wondering if research might be ongoing that we could avail of. I know Enterprise Ireland cannot do this research, but I am just wondering if the organisation is collaborating with Bord Bia or the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in research on insulation materials, for example? I refer to where Enterprise Ireland might have to put money into the development of such an endeavour, including to buy gear, or to support the production of some other product that might put a foundation under the price of sheep's wool.