Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Bill 2013: Irish Timber Council and IFFPA
1:20 pm
Mr. Mike Glennon:
Let me comfort Deputy Boyd Barrett by noting that all members of the Irish Timber Council are signed up for forest steward certification. We passionately believe in sustainability. If the wording in any of our documentation causes the Deputy concern, his concern is misplaced. Sustainability is part of the story of the forest products sector. The industry has great potential. Why are we not planting more when we can grow trees twice as fast as our Scandinavian competitors can?
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