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

With no disrespect - I will finish on this point - it does not seem logical. If we take it that the private sector is very efficient, it will still tell us that even to plant its own land, which it has for free, it needs very substantial grants and premia to make it pay. It appears logical to me that no matter how efficient Coillte is, if the private individual cannot do it, it will not be able to do it on the same 100 acres of land and will have to buy the land, whereas the farmer has it for free. When one stands back and applies commonsense logic, I do not think that stands up as an argument.