Coillte and Bord na Móna are two key players in delivering the forestry targets contained in the programme for Government. The decision by Coillte to stop buying wood pulp from private operators in the forestry sector sends a very bad signal to the industry. Those operators have no other outlet for their wood pulp. In the context of meeting our climate change targets on biomass, it is completely the wrong signal for a semi-State company to be sending out.

Does Deputy Stanley wish to contribute on the same matter? No.

I have control over many things but I not quite sure I have any power in the context of where Coillte sources its wood pulp. I take the point the Deputy is raising. During my time in a previous Ministry, I got to know Coillte very well. I do not know the strategic reason for its not sourcing wood pulp from private forestry operators, if, in fact, that is the case. I can certainly try to establish why but I do not have any further information today.

I want to raise with the Minister the commitments listed on page 5 of the programme for Government in respect of health in the context of prioritising increased access to safe and timely care as close to patients' homes as possible. The emergency department at Portlaoise hospital, which had almost 40,000 presentations last year, is to be closed according to the report which I have in my possession and which is due to be discussed tomorrow. It is authored by Dr. Susan O'Reilly, the head of the Dublin Midlands hospital group. The numbers attending Portlaoise hospital, including people from south Kildare, Laois and east Offaly, continue to increase. The report is due to be signed off tomorrow. The Minister for Health knows about it because he has had a similar report on his desk for the past 12 months. The full report was supposed to be released in September 2015 but we have not yet seen it. I plead with the Minister to discuss the matter with the Minister for Health this afternoon and to ensure that the report goes into the shredder.

I thank the Deputy.

Those involved were supposed to come back to Oireachtas Members, local GPs and hospital staff on the matter.

The Deputy's time is up. His colleagues will not get in.

However, they have not come back to anyone. I ask the Minister to speak with his colleague.

All I can say is the Government has absolutely no intention of allowing the emergency department in Portlaoise to be closed.