Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

5:35 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Government's decision to abandon the plan to sell off the Coillte harvesting rights. This is a stunning victory for people power and the campaign of public protest against the plan to sell off our public forests. It is a pity that members of the Minister's own party, who are chuckling, seem to have such contempt for the public's view on this issue-----

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