Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Response to Ash Dieback: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners

Mr. Simon White:

It just makes it less viable. Those trees are not going to survive. It is ridiculous to put all birch trees up there. This is coming from our perspective of dealing with this context. This is our knowledge. If we want to do this type of endeavour, then we need to do it properly. This is not to say, however, that broadleaf trees do not have a big part to play as well. I am sorry for going on.