Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am very disappointed to realise that the pay-by-weight system the Minister agreed to a week ago has not been clarified. My Fianna Fáil colleagues and I will agree to the Sinn Féin amendment. I proposed yesterday that the Minister address the Seanad. A week ago, we agreed there would be a 12-month freeze for everyone and that there would be information and consultation so that people could get used to this new pay-by-weight system. I express my disappointment that there has been no more information to clarify the issue with Greyhound. People have been trying to telephone and e-mail but have heard nothing back. They have been told that from tomorrow, 1 July 2016, they will be paying by weight. It is not good enough and is unacceptable and we, in the Fianna Fáil group, will support the amendment. We want to see the Minister in the House today to clarify the situation. We want it sorted today.