Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, that is the case. However, the Minister did not for a moment suggest that this should happen in the month of August. That is not what is at issue. What is at issue in the month of August relates to road safety. The heavy cutting that Senator Alice-Mary Higgins is rightly concerned about would take place in the traditional season and would only happen on a three-year basis.

There are a number of important areas for farmers. There are difficulties with entering the land in the type of farming terrain and the area that Senator Hopkins comes from and represents so competently. The same applies in the area that I have the privilege of representing. Senator Gallagher is from that area too.