Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On another point of clarification, up to the time it was excluded from drawing down assistance for planting, it was also buying and acquiring land. As it was deemed to have an unfair advantage over private organisations, it was delisted from entitlement to establishment grants. Until probably the last eight to ten years, it was buying as much every year as it was selling.