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
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source
No. Many of our mills were only operating at 60% capacity. I know that from speaking to mill operators, but they have the ability to deal with the additional windblown material. I will put it the Deputy this way; they are busy enough and will be getting busier because of the fact I stated earlier, which is that, today, 95% of the harvesting equipment in Ireland is working on windblown sites. Our hauliers are delivering that timber to our sawmills and they are working very effectively together.
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