Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Marcella Corcoran KennedyMarcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for attending. They talk about the number of trees they have planted. What percentage of those trees are deciduous? The witnesses were talking about the national outdoors recreation plan and the partnership that Coillte has with Fáilte Ireland. What does that involve? I welcome the project that Coillte has with Offaly and Laois local authorities relating to the Slieve Bloom cycle park. I know there is significant progress there. The witnesses might expand a little on how far that has advanced. What impact do they think Brexit will have on the timber industry? I notice they had a forum. What thinking has come from that? I see that Coillte sold its telecoms business for €70 million. Was that a good result or a bad result?