Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to return to the Coillte scheme that involves international funds buying up tracts of private land and Coillte planting and managing those lands. The Tánaiste spoke about the environmental benefits but the type of forestry that Coillte specialises in is not necessarily environmentally beneficial, at least not by international standards. There is a lot of monoculture rather than broadleaf planting going on and that is mainly what Coillte has done to date. My question is simple. The Tánaiste seemed to support a review. Will such a review take place and will Coillte desist from any further engagement with the fund until such time as this review takes place? Is the review happening or not? Will Coillte stop its engagement with this until it the review is complete?

See this speech in context