Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants

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9:00 am

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I agree it is a vital service for rural Ireland and for Ireland generally. The question is: who pays for what? Who pays for rendering and how do we subsidise the service? We are in an ongoing discussion with the knackeries on that point.

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