Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Well, because we are going to support Coillte. We are going to look at supporting Coillte to do all the rest, in terms of working with the State and with farmers. That is what we are going to do. Coillte has already signed up to working with ISFF and Gresham House in respect of a €200 million fund and Coillte has the option to invest in that fund. If Coillte invests in the fund, that means it is using up some of the space that would have been occupied by private investors and the State will own more of it.

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