Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion
Mr. John Murray:
Just take Coillte alone. It would have had your projections of what it would bring to the market. Typically, it was bringing about 1.7 million cu. m. On foot of the licensing issues that obtained between 2019 and 2021, that dropped to 1.4 million cu. m. It is starting to climb back up. The Senator’s point is valid. Where is the timber that was not used? Where is it? We are not seeing it. There is something very strange about that. Why is the timber not coming to the market? There is a big question mark over that.