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
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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It is okay. I was nearly there anyway. Could I get some more information on the RUS? We might forget about its inadequacies for the moment. There was mention of 64 applicants but did they apply of their own free will? Has anybody drawn it down, irrespective of the fact that what could be drawn down is not going anywhere near compensating them for the project on hand? In other words, has the Department paid out any money on this at all? Are they all live applicants or paper applicants? At this stage, and irrespective of whether the fund is sufficient, has anybody even drawn down any money from the scheme?