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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: There are three in that lot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Maybe the Minister of State will revert to us on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Perhaps the Minister of State will provide some clarification for the committee with a note on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Who would benefit from that €4.4 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: What percentage of the 1,600 ha has had no compensation yet, or has everybody received compensation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: We shall move on as there are four members who wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: One more member wishes to comment. We will take all the questions together if that is all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: A variety of questions have been asked. I ask the Minister of State to answer as many of them as possible. He might come back to the committee on those he is unable to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: That is not a problem for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister of State. We have covered a lot of ground in the past few hours. I think all the members are happy. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming before us today and giving us an understanding of the position with forestry. The next part of the meeting concerns ash dieback.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: The next matter is a discussion of ash dieback affecting woodland areas, in particular in Limerick and Tipperary. I welcome representatives from the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners group: Mr. Colum Walsh, chairman, Ms Mary McCormack, forest owner, and Mr. John O'Connell, committee member. I thank them for coming before the committee today. Before we begin, I draw the attention of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Walsh for giving us a detailed account of the issues related to ash dieback. We will now take questions from members, beginning with Deputy Cahill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Do any other members wish to contribute before I call the witnesses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: That figure might be rounded up or down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: How much would it cost per hectare to put the land back into grass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Was there much interest among farmers in wanting to put their land back into grass? What percentage of the total acreage we have discussed would that involve? Is that figure known?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Mr. Walsh might come back to us on that over the summer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: Okay. Deputy Pringle asked questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank Ms McCormack very much. She has really summed it up for us and has given us a very clear picture of her situation.