Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have been very clear to that the way we want to go forward is for Coillte to work with the State. I have asked them to reflect on how we can do that in a way that will work well. We will then look at the state aid to try to make that work, to see how that will work, how it will fit into that and address all that. That is the way we will go forward. If there will be an updated letter, it will reflect that. In the meantime, I will work closely with them. Coillte is clear, from the meeting they have had with us, about how we want to proceed. It is a matter of backing farmers, working with farmers and working with the State. Let us also be fair to Coillte. They were stepping out an approach that they had clearly communicated to us and to the committee members, which is very much in the public domain, in the legal way of doing it. There is no doubt that the way we want to go forward is the way we have laid out before the committee.