Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The point I made is when land comes up in an area for afforestation, the way this forestry strategy has been designed, the investor coming in with the bottomless pocket will buy the land.

That is my view and the Minister of State is not going to change it. Previously, the significantly higher premium the farmer received gave him an advantage in purchasing the land. That advantage does not exist now.