Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The figure of 16% regarding licences put in place for next year tells me that 84% of licences are still outstanding. Roads for timber that has already been licensed constitute another issue. How much of that timber is licensed and waiting for road permits?

Are some of the licences for the 16% waiting for roads as well? Does that mean we are waiting for that timber as well, and will be waiting? This is practically the end of November and 2021 is less than four working weeks away. It will not have all those licences - 84% of them. Not to mind all the independent farmers, I would like to ask Coillte what is the thinking on that. We do not have the figures but we know the number of people who are writing to us and phoning us asking us to help them to get licences. Coillte is here. Surely it is the biggest operator in the timber industry, but there are many private companies with large tracts of land and farmers and individual property owners waiting for licences. Does Coillte honestly think it will get the other 84% licensed in the next four weeks?