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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I know that. I am asking a different question. It is a specific and new venture to use the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, to fund a company to involve itself in a significant way in the forestry sector. Until now, the State company, Coillte, and individual farmers were involved. What role did senior officials in the Department play in pointing Coillte in this direction?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: There was an issue with state aid rules that stopped Coillte from doing it directly, as I understand it. That issue is not settled yet. From an answer the witnesses gave this morning, I understand the issue of state aid rules and funding of forestry is not yet settled at EU level. Was it not jumping the gun that this deal happened in the way it did? The public finds it unusual, as do I as...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I understand that. I am asking a direct question. Why did this happen before the issue of state aid was fully ruled on at European level?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: That is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I am not saying this specifically about forestry, but other EU countries are better than we are at examining these matters, finding ways of dealing with them and working within the frameworks while keeping within European law and directives.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: They are more creative.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: As regards procurement etc., they are far more creative than we are.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Meanwhile this happens. I want to know how this will work because it relates to public money. If Gresham House comes in and buys 100 ha in Cavan, for example, who plants the land? There were some answers given on this issue but I do not know how accurate they are. Who prepares the ground? Who drains it? Who puts in the roads? Who plants the land? Does Coillte do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I understand that Coillte does it. I know people working in the area who take contracts from Coillte. When the land is bought, it has to be developed, with roads, drainage and planting. Is Coillte doing that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Who pays for it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Who pays for it? Will Coillte pay for it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Is there a cost to Coillte, which is a public body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Obviously, when it is harvested, the ISIF will get money back. Is there a benefit to Coillte or the public purse in any other way out of that, however?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: There are figures available with regard to what is projected in the context of Gresham House. Who will own the carbon credits that will be assessed on each hectare of that land? Carbon credits are worth money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: There could be, however. Bord na Móna is getting involved in carbon sequestration, for example. That is a good thing. It will be able to sell the benefits of that. It is turning it into a funding stream to the benefit of communities and the State. Who will own the carbon credits in the context of Coillte and Gresham House? It is clear that it will accrue economically. Who will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I know all that. Coillte needed to get back into the game a decade ago. It is late coming back into it. I am asking a specific question. In the context of Gresham House coming in and purchasing land, the role of Coillte and the benefit or liabilities to the taxpayer, how will this work? Will there be a lien on the public purse? What happens with carbon credits? Anybody who says that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Overall, that is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: That is true for all marketplaces.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Brian Stanley: There is the value of it. Are we going to meet our targets and commitments? That is the question. Are other countries going to do so? States that do not meet them can buy credits, as can companies. It can change. That is the point I am making. Deputy Verona Murphy wishes to come in.