Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Two sets of families, one in Littleton, County Tipperary, and one in Offaly, are waiting today for a high official of Bord na Móna to tell them about their futures. The Minister was down last week in a blaze of glory to announce the feasibility study on solar panels, which we welcome. Surely, however, the workers in the Bord na Móna plants have given dedicated service and are entitled to some modicum of respect from the company and the Minister as a shareholder and should not have to wait for this 2 p.m. announcement. They do not know which driver, car and official will come to which set of families. That is how bad it is.

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