Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. Coillte is a profitable, successful company. If the decision to sell off a company that is an Irish success story which is integral to this island's economic development is not an ideological decision, I do not what is because if we were serious we would develop Coillte as a publicly owned company relying on its successful past and the resources available to us as a country. It is untrue to say that this country is required to sell off the public harvesting rights on our forests.

That is not a truthful statement. It is a public policy choice. Like me, the Minister knows this is the wrong move for this country.

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