Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
2:20 pm
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I am referring to a figure for the total amount the Department gets from the Department of Finance for the carbon tax. I thank the Minister.
Turning to forestry, I see there is no change in this area. How is it possible to gauge forestry when, if we look at the budget for it, we are probably sowing a fifth of what our target is? Should this not be a fifth less of the money used? Our target is 8,000 ha.