Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is 400 trees per hectare. That is what a farmer would be obliged to plant. Of course, when the trees develop and grow, the farmer is entitled to thin them further. It is a good scheme if it suits individual farmers because of the fact they can continue to graze their animals. I have visited places where it has been done in the past before there was actually a proper scheme in place for it, and I was very impressed with what I saw. It is like everything in life, though, in that it would suit some farmers and not others. It might be suitable if there were people who might have enough ground for cutting and green ground they might say they wanted a cover of trees on but still graze it. It is suitable in some cases.