Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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Regarding the Gresham House deal and the Minister's statement to the committee, would he be confident that similar deals now will not be looked at by Coillte? Will they move away from new proposals in this manner and stick to what the Minister is proposing, which is the involvement of the Minister on behalf of the State or the involvement of private landowners? Is the Minister hopeful or confident that we will not be in a scenario with a Gresham House 2 somewhere down the line? As Coillte has an independent board in many ways as a semi-State, it has the independence to make its own decisions. Is the Minister confident that we will not have a Gresham House 2?