Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Our forests have great financial potential. If the Minister states no geological survey has been done, will he have one carried out before considering a sale? Will there be an independent valuation? NewERA's valuation of potential harvesting rights at €600 million seems ridiculously low. Is there a price below which the Minister would not dream of selling the harvesting rights? Will he have the real worth of the assets, today and in the longer term, independently valued?

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