Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte

3:00 pm

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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That is true. To be clear on the proposal, it is to auction the harvesting rights to the timber for a 50 to 80 year lease period and that is what we are discussing now. This applies to what is growing over the ground. The ground itself is not being sold.