Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have told the Deputy that the Government decision is not to proceed with the sale of Coillte harvesting rights and that we are embarking on a completely different process, which is to do a complete restructuring of Coillte and explore a merger of Coillte with Bord na Móna in order to establish a new bioenergy company. That is our focus. The NewERA entity will be instructed to explore this over the next number of months. When that work is completed I will inform the Deputy of what the Government's next step will be.