Mr. Colum Walsh:

No cost should be incurred for the person who would want to put their land back into grassland. Some of the ash trees were planted on good land. That land could be valuable for leasing to dairy farmers. Also, the timber could be cleared, the stumps removed and the land reseeded, which would be costly but some people might want to do that because many forestry owners have been left with a very bad taste in their mouths after the spread of ash dieback disease. They had no hand, act or part in the importation of this disease but they are the largest group who have suffered the most.