Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)

11:35 am

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I can see that is what the Minister of State is doing but I do not believe it is sustainable - to use that term - because Coillte is so dominant in this area. It is not possible to talk about having sustainable forest practice if Coillte is not in the frame and we do not really know what it is doing. I believe the Minister of State has got it the wrong way around. The rumour now is that the Bord na Móna merger will not proceed, which would be a positive thing.

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