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

That is absolutely correct. I will elaborate. I ask for indulgence because this is an important question. What about people who never came forward at all? I am inviting those people to please come forward because there is money for them. The scheme is available and I want those people to be compensated for their loss. Many of them are the Deputy's constituents who he is talking about. This was their pension. It was what they put their hearts and souls into and it was to fund them in later life. The Department has their backs, up to €10,000 per hectare if they have not done anything and up to €5,000 per hectare if they have done something.

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