Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As has been acknowledged by two Ministers directly responsible, this is a complex matter. We are only beginning to scratch the surface. With regard to the growing of trees, the Forestry Society has passed the teeth-cutting stage. The three gentlemen in attendance, who have great experience, can provide an analysis of the flaws in the current proposal and give an alternative. We must look at that one way or another as a committee. We have tried bringing in non-committee members and using this as an open forum for this discussion to take place in public; we are trying to do this in good faith.

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