Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Farm Partnerships with Coillte: Discussion
Ms Sin?ad King:
We do not think Gresham House's interest is forestry. We do not think it is a coincidence that Gresham House has been offered 12,000 ha of land and the amount of farm partnership land is 12,000 ha. We think Gresham House's interest might be in solar panels or wind energy because it is not interested in forestry grants or any of the trees that come with forestry. This is fine but that was not our initial interest in the land. Our initial purpose was forestry. We have not signed up to wind energy or solar panels. If this is the way the Government, or another country or private enterprise, will get wind energy or solar farms into this country, we are not happy about it because it is not clear and upfront.
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