Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Given the precarious nature of small newspapers, it would surprise me if it was a very large amount of money.

In regard to the forestry sector, why did the Department not do a cost-benefit analysis at an earlier stage? Given the length of the period from 2014 to 2019, midway would strike me as an obvious time to carry this out, given it was not making the strides it needed to make. To go back to the national ambition, it strikes me that the Department should keep a tab on that. Why did it not do that at an earlier stage?