Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

Would the Minister agree that the number of seizures suggests the amount of washed diesel is a major problem? Millions of gallons of diesel are being washed and the black economy is thriving from it. I urge the Minister to consider some of the options I suggested. This industry was the first to be deregulated and since then its members have been hung out to dry. Inflation is another factor to be taken into account. We are a peripheral nation and we depend on the import and export of goods to and from rural areas. There is no transport option other than the roads, which are frequently congested. I urge the Minister to reconsider.

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