I call Deputy Brian Stanley, who I know will be brief.

Diversification of Bord na Móna is mentioned on page 126 of the programme for Government. A total of 150 Bord na Móna workers face redundancy this year. Some of them have been made redundant. This morning, workers in Longford found out that 150 of them will be let go on a temporary basis over the next week. This is a serious situation. We are moving from brown to green and everybody accepts this must happen. The people in Laois, Offaly and Longford come from hard-working communities with a good work ethic. Many of them worked in Bord na Móna and I worked there myself. We now need to move to this transition. We are trying to play catch-up.

A question.

Where will the jobs be in counties Laois, Offaly and Longford? Workers and the communities in which they live want to know this . Where are the plans for biomass supply chains? Where are the plans for major biogas and renewable energy industries? Where are the training programmes for the thousands of workers needed for the new low energy carbon build and for retrofitting?

That is possibly a parliamentary question but if the Minister wants to make a brief intervention, he can do so.

I have given a pretty long answer to that question but perhaps the Minister wants to come in.

The Deputy is moving from our brief to greener fields in agriculture but the climate action plan has set out many of the issues he has raised with regard to how we will develop renewables. Bord na Móna has been leading the field not only with regard to renewables but in recycling and new sectors. It is a very powerful agency and is using its resources to develop new opportunities in a decarbonised world. The Government will be behind those efforts.