Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 9, to delete lines 18 and 19 and substitute the following:“(e) purchase land that is for sale, land swop, or lease for afforestation or any other forestry related activity,”.

This relates to the phrase "or otherwise acquire" used in the Bill. We have concerns as to what is meant by "otherwise acquire", because that is the only difference between what the Government is saying and what we are saying. There are concerns that compulsory purchase orders might be made, and that the State could in some heavy-handed way take over forestry areas, etc. The Minister might clarify for us what he means by "purchase or otherwise acquire", because that is the substantial difference between what we are saying and what he is saying.