Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is not growing trees for ornamentation, although it sells Christmas trees for ornamentation. It is a producer of timber for the timber industry. Just as a farmer grows crops for sale, it would be perverse to think one could not sell the crops. We will sell the trees but the proposal to do an advanced sale on the basis we had proposed is completely different.