Ms Geraldine Corcoran:

Yes, the first one that had symptoms of ash dieback. They wrapped it, bathed it and transported it. Maybe they did not have enough left in the grant to take out the root. The roots are sprouting again. I do not know how we are going to eradicate ash if they leave the root sprouting and dead ash there since 2016. I have been farming all of my life. If you have cattle that get TB, you are locked up and the animals put down. It is the same with foot and mouth. However, seemingly when it comes to the ash in this country it does not matter. The tree is left standing. There was no excuse for it. The machines were on-site. They were there in 2016 for ash removal. They had the grant and it was fully funded. Now, they are looking for a grant to remove it all of these years later. It does not make sense.