Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand the reason Coillte is not planting any more is that the State, as the owner of Coillte, helps the private individual to plant whereas if Coillte plants, it does not get any premium. Therefore, Coillte has informed us that even though it belongs to a shareholder, it is not economic for it to plant. What would the representatives do to rejig the balance to ensure Coillte would find it economic to plant? On the one hand the representatives say the boardmills are at a huge advantage while, on the other, Coillte says it is at a huge disadvantage when it comes to planting compared to the private individual because the taxpayer is subventing the private individual.