I will raise with the Taoiseach the impact the current energy crisis is having on our protected crop growers, particularly in north County Dublin. Last week, I met with Councillor Robert O'Donoghue and representatives of Welgro Produce, a young company of growers which is at the cutting edge of this industry and which has won awards for its sustainable practices. They are the kind of people who are going to bring our growing sector into the 21st century. The company is being crippled by energy costs which may see it go out of business within weeks. If we are to get where we need to be with regard to food security and a climate-resilient growing industry, we need to protect such companies through the transitional period we are now in, which the Taoiseach referenced in response to a question from Deputy Bacik earlier.

What is the Government doing for these growers? What is its plan?

As the Deputy knows, the Government more broadly has moved to reduce excise and VAT on energy products in the last package. We have also taken specific measures for hauliers and have a separate tillage initiative related to the growth of protein crops, grain and mixed-species swards. The Deputy is talking about the horticultural sector, in essence. As I have said, the Government has taken broad measures on taxation more generally. We continually review different sectors of the economy to see what we can do to be of assistance to them. The Government cannot keep coming forward with measures every week. We need to look at this over the medium term. We now believe the impact of this war will be a medium-term one. We need to take an annual prospective of expenditure, revenue and the whole fiscal situation as it is affected by all of this.