Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I cannot discuss specific forests but we want to develop a programme and my Department can play a role in the provision of capital rather than marketing. We feel marketing should be conducted by Fáilte Ireland or Tourism Ireland as they are the places everyone looks, both natives and visitors, when seeking to partake in tourism activities in Ireland.

I am a great believer in the one stop shop and our idea is that we produce the product, either on Coillte land or Bord na Móna land with co-funding from the bodies in question. We are willing to provide 100% funding for products based on farmers' land. In all cases Fáilte Ireland will do the marketing.

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