Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the issue of forestry. Some companies will need a rescue package. A forestry programme has gone to Brussels for approval. Hopefully, approval will be issued soon. Afforestation has come to a complete standstill. It will be 2024 before companies involved in forestry will experience the financial benefit of the new programme. Contractors, nurseries, professional foresters and so on have a serious cashflow problem. It is essential that we keep these businesses afloat because, in the context of the forestry programme, they will play a key part in helping us to meet climate action targets. We must recognise that this delay, which is outside the Minister's control, is causing huge financial pressure for the companies in question. I ask that a package be put in place to assist them with their cashflow problems.

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