Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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What I am saying, and I am being very clear on this, is that Coillte will not be able to compete with somebody who is paying €20,000 or €25,000 for land. In the areas in which Coillte will be competing for land, I presume it will be 30% to 40% of the land that is above marginal. Is it fair to say that said land is located in the west and in the midlands?