Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes. That is what he thinks of this country. He talks about forestry. His other failure is that in 2012 we knew there was a problem with ash dieback. The Government was told but it did nothing about it. What did it do? It let all the forests with ash dieback fail. It said it would give people €1,000 to clear the land. That is what it did. It was another failure of the Minister. When we add all of the Minister's failures to his resumé when he finishes, I hope everyone in this country understands that the Green Party Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, does not understand transition. The only transition he understands is in the bubble in space where he thinks he is Captain Spock and he is going from here to there expediently. That is his transition. Transition for Ireland is everyone moving together, not penalising everyone through the Minister's failure to introduce equality for everyone. That is his failure.

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