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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that, but it is new land to Coillte.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We know that Coillte will have to get more land if it is to increase its portfolio.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How has Coillte been able to do it until now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Coillte at the stage when it is coming to cut much of the land that was planted? It is now the goose that laid the golden egg. That means profit, if we are to believe figures coming out of forestry, of €8,000 to €10,000 per acre. Is that not better than all the grants in the world? Grants, at best, would amount to 15 years multiplied by €200 an acre, which is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Coillte has not done it over the past couple of years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How much funding has Coillte got from LIFE aid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I presume Coillte is not going to sow spruce on top of bog.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where will the money come from for the payback?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What I am saying is that will cost Coillte money or else Bord na Móna will have to pay for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where is the payback? Those trees will not be cut in 20 years' time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. Carlin saying the tonnage of carbon sequestration will pay Coillte back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, but Coillte either makes money or loses money. Where does biodiversity pay Coillte in pounds, shillings and pence or is it the case that if Coillte collects X amount of carbon, the State will give it money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In all fairness, with the amount of forestry Coillte has, I heard it is responsible for 70% of Ireland's carbon sequestration. The witnesses can correct me if I am wrong. My understanding is that Coillte is not a polluter so why would it have to go the extra mile?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It will cost Coillte money if it is to go into a partnership with Bord na Móna. Would it not be more prudent to buy land, plant it and have something to look forward to in 30 years' time that can be cut and be reforested?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Why has forestry been stagnant in recent years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Coillte able to compete with investment companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Investment companies are coming in here and buying up land to plant. Is Coillte able to compete with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I come from a part of the country where the land is not hectic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Right. That is good. Ms Gray knows what I am talking about. Previously, I cut timber in Glenhest. Ms Gray knows where that is in Mayo. I also cut timber in Aughagower and in other such places. Nowadays, I would not be allowed to plant in those areas because the quality of the ground where one can plant has been set at a higher level. That is causing a major problem. We must all be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Annual Report 2018: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and we have not a hope in hell of achieving that if we do not allow some of that land to be designated as fit for planting. We are not making more land. Someone needs to call this. What is Coillte's view on that?