Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion

3:30 pm

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Willie Penrose has put into context many of the issues we face. As he said, the issue was highlighted on a TV programme. Farmers put their trust in Coillte and took what had been put in front of them at face value. I will let the delegates answer the questions in one minute, but do they have proposals for how we will rectify the position? Is there a proposal for a review of the contracts or some template that we could use to ensure fairness would be brought back into the equation for the 630-odd farmers involved? As Deputies Martin Kenny and Willlie Penrose raised questions, I will let the delegates answer them.

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