Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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It was stated that there were no licences, so where is all that timber now? At the time, and in order to try to meet demand, larger applications, which, predominantly, were from Coillte, were prioritised. Is a majority of the timber that should have been harvested in the past three or four years in private ownership? Will those people struggle to get it into the market now?