Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion

Mr. Simon White:

It can cost between €3,000 and €7,000 per hectare to remove it, in light of the health and safety issue involved. You cannot go into these bigger plantations safely and cut them down. You have to bring in very big machinery and you have to protect the people who are affected.