Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is written into a contract that a fee will be charged for the marketing of the timber but the amount of the fee is not mentioned. My understanding is that the fee being charged in this regard is very high. One can sell timber to private operators like PJ Fahy or the Murray Timber Group any day of the week but the farmers are being charged a fee by Coillte for it.