Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Natasha Newsome DrennanNatasha Newsome Drennan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That son or daughter is new to the land so should have the option to opt out of the scheme even if he or she has harvested the trees. I do not know what way we would do it, but this issue has to be examined. New landowners should not be tied to what the preceding generation has done. They are the new landowners and they should be able to decide what they want to farm, not the preceding generation. New ways, new people.

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