Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Another issue is that many of those people could not replant their land for ten years because there was no scheme which was efficient enough for them to do so. They have therefore lost ten years. That is another aspect that needs to be considered.

When people go to replant, what kind of trees can they plant? They cleared a hardwood. Do they have to plant a hardwood in its place or can they plant other timbers instead?