I fully agree with Senator Feargal Quinn's comment about laundered diesel and both of us have raised the issue before. It is a bit like Italo Calvino's story about the Argentine ants. Everyone has a solution for how to get rid of them but none of them works. As the Senator said, we must remove the dye from diesel and give VAT rebates. Unfortunately, the British Treasury is blocking such an initiative.

Hear, hear.

I spoke to Mr. Danny Kennedy, who is the Minister for Regional Development in the North, and I know that diesel laundering is not a Northern issue but a Treasury one. We also need to raise the issue at the British-Irish Council. I have raised the matter with British parliamentarians, including very recently with Sir Roger Gale, and he said he will bring the matter to the attention of the British Treasury and George Osborne. We need to act fast.

Bring him into the House.

Laundered diesel has led to Revenue losing approximately €1 billion over the past five years. Coincidently, that is the investment we need to make in Irish Water over the next two years and it would also more than pay for the A5 motorway. This is a very serious issue and I ask the relevant Minister to come into the House to give us an update on where we are at the moment.