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. Pat Glennon:
Approximately 50% of it will emerge as a sawn wood product. Between 30% and 35% will be wood chip, with between 10% and 12% saw dust and the remainder bark. That is the breakdown. The wood chip element would be the raw material feedstock for the board mills. The OSB plant is different as it cannot take wood chip and must take raw fibre. There is more than enough crooked, poor quality logs and top end of trees available to be used for this purpose. This is ideal raw material. Let us ensure the best logs are allocated for the most suitable purpose to maximise their value for the country and taxpayers. Let us get the best bang for our buck.
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