Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett):

You never know. The Deputy has outlined the challenges, and the challenges are not only posed by ash dieback and the supply of ash. The challenge is what will happen going forward because, if we end up with no ash in Europe because of ash dieback over the next 20, 30 or 40 years, we will have to look to alternatives, including different timbers such as bamboo-----

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