Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and such management will need to be funded by any potential new owner. Forests have been sold previously; this is not rocket science. They will need to be managed, harvested in time and in the meantime the thinings need to be managed. That will involve a service contract that will be in place if there is a new owner, which obviously Coillte is likely to be involved in. Let us deal with these questions in some detail either here or in committee when the Government makes a decision on this issue.

On Deputy O'Donovan's questions, the partnership model is quite a good one that we need to consider. I am a regular user of Coillte forests from a recreational point of view in places like Currabinny and Farran. I regularly take my dog for a run there-----

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