Michael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I join my colleague Senator Mullins this morning in congratulating the people who were worked for the past ten years on and yesterday launched the Beara to Breffni walk. It is a great walk and takes approximately two weeks to complete at one go or one can do it in stages. It takes in ten or 11 counties, finishing in Leitrim and Cavan.

We have another project in north Leitrim which I have mentioned before, the Green Way, following the old railway track from Sligo to Enniskillen. Work has started on it and we can develop it. I see the future of this country in tourism, particularly encouraging people into the west.

Agriculture is also important for the country's future, which brings me to the fodder crisis which is still a serious problem. I received many calls last night and this morning because a lot of hay has been held up in France and we have difficulty bringing it across. I call for that to be speeded up. I compliment the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on putting €2 million in place but there is a difficulty for trucks carrying it. They must have curtain sides but boat owners do not want hay debris in the boats. We have to sort out that problem.