Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for what he has said. I acknowledge the work by the Departments of Social Protection and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. We are moving to phase 2 on this issue and I recognise the point about the receiver process. Is it not ironic, however, that the ESB was able to bring down two Northern contractors to look at finishing the job? The job at the moment is standing, as the Minister will understand, as when someone goes into receivership. Yet they were able to bring two different northern contractors to look at finishing this job while they had people well able to do the job right beside them. There is something amiss in what is going on with this. The receivers seem to be parked to the side. If someone was owed €1.5 million or €1.25 million, would you not think that someone from the receiver's office, from the ESB or from Bord na Móna would ring that person? It is the least they could do.

The Department of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, covers climate action. We need the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to get involved in resolving this issue. I am making this very clear and Deputy Ring will echo what I am saying. Let no-one think that they would be going in with diggers from Northern Ireland-----

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