Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I spoke earlier with Deputy Murnane O'Connor and indeed I referenced the Deputy in terms of her campaign for a refuge centre in Carlow. With the Ministers involved, we will work on that to follow it through.

On the LPT, my understanding is that local authorities would be able to retain the surplus but I can get further clarification for Deputy Hourigan on that.

On Deputy Sherlock's question, I have met Ms Ryan and have been engaged on an ongoing basis. I have written to President Biden in respect of this. Most recently, I have asked our embassy in Washington to take up the most recent phase of this campaign for justice. I have a great belief in Irish people who work in the UN World Food Programme and in other programmes. To me, it is the ultimate manifestation of our values. It is awful that Mr. Ryan lost his life in the circumstances that he did and we must always do everything we can to support people and their families in situations like this.

I will follow up on the matter raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett again to see what we can do before the deadline he mentioned for that service.

On Deputy Nolan's question, my focus now, with the other Ministers, is to get something moving on this. We need to get action on helping the horticultural sector and the mushroom sector and to ensure there is adequate peat available to those sectors.

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