Mr. Gerry Britchfield:

Certainly in the past we have sold some lands to IFUT, the Irish Forestry Unit Trust. Since the State made a decision that it wanted to examine the sale of Coillte's harvesting rights, we have not sold any lands in mature forests to any third parties. We would sell small pockets of land within a total of 200 or 300 hectares per year to farmers who want to extend their holdings. We would therefore sell 10 or 20 hectares of forested lands to farmers, but in recent times we have not been selling large tracts of forested lands to pension funds. We have not done it since the Government made a decision that it wanted to examine the sale of Coillte's harvesting rights.