Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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There is a big step change in the current forestry strategy by comparison with the previous one in that farmers now have a premium one third greater than that of non-farmers. Farmers have the premium for five years more than the 15 years for which investors or non-farmers will have it. It is at the back end but it is loaded in favour of farmers, which is what we were seeking to do in the strategy and why we made the step change. Last time around, both farmers and non-farmers were on an equal footing.