Joanne Collins (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

So they pay out after losing their forestry and the potential of their pension. One owner I met lost more than €80,000. He lost his entire forest to ash dieback because he had to wait three years to get his felling licence. I know the Minister of State is saying that the licence process has improved and that licences are being processed quicker, but the man in question had to wait three years and watch as dieback took over his entire plantation.