Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
5:35 pm
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I welcome the Government's decision to abandon the plan to sell off the Coillte harvesting rights. This is a stunning victory for people power and the campaign of public protest against the plan to sell off our public forests. It is a pity that members of the Minister's own party, who are chuckling, seem to have such contempt for the public's view on this issue-----