Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

At the time the aforementioned meeting took place, for some reason I was under the impression that the Minister would be in the House for Question Time on 12 June. We were given a promise at the meeting by the departmental official that the Department would be carrying out an investigation and would revert to us within three to four weeks. As it only has been three weeks since 10 a.m. today, another week will not break our hearts as this issue has been ongoing for more than a decade. It initially was brought up on 13 February with my friend, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, and was brought up in the Private Members' motion on forestry tabled by another great friend, Deputy Boyd Barrett - that sounds ominous - as well as at this meeting. If we are obliged to wait for another week, then so be it. I hope something finally is being done about it because unless this is the case, according to my information it has massive implications for the viability of the sawmilling industry. While I am not very savvy in the business world, were the Government still thinking of selling Coillte, it also would have implications there. Were I personally to buy something, I would like to ascertain whether all the books were correct in respect of what I was buying and so on.

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