Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

The forestry regime in Ireland is considerably more attractive than that in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The strategic review of Coillte and other matters will be better presented in the context of the more comprehensive Bill. The audit of Coillte by the Forest Stewardship Council and other matters we would have liked to discuss on Second Stage will be considered in the context of that Bill. Today I had only intended to address the borrowing limit of Coillte by increasing it relatively modestly and approving the sum in question as temporary borrowings although it would clearly have been far better to consolidate these as part of the main borrowing requirement.

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