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.