Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Surely the witnesses can agree that when a forestry commission was set up in Scotland action was accelerated and targets were met as opposed to when there was a system something similar to our system.,

What did Coillte do with the money it got for the wind farms? The company made a mess of that because it did not realise the extent of the negativity towards wind farms in rural communities. I know it intended to go back into wind energy and generate 1 GW of electricity. The Minister is moving now to ensure communities benefit from wind farms, which is right, rather than those coming in from outside who are almost like vulture funds and pension funds. Has Coillte given any thought to how wind energy could contribute? There was some sense in that approach. Coillte nearly knocked us out here at one stage when it spoke of getting involved in the nursing homes business. I am sure that proposal is in the dustbin now. Wind energy was very badly handled but Coillte sold off wind farms and got a great return. What did it do with the money?