Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion
2:00 am
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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On that point, why is the person who inherits the land tied into the scheme? A farmer might plant X amount of land. A son or daughter then takes it over, has the crop and harvests it, yet that son or daughter is tied into having to replant the land.