Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am sure that is the case. If, when they are felled, those trees are stored in long-term products such as buildings, that is where we will get the greatest benefit. It is important to point out that the purpose and direction of travel are not only about carbon capture. They are also about biodiversity, water and the amenity value of trees for communities. There is a much broader demand of what our forestry has to deliver. Carbon is one part of it.