John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail his Department's involvement with the national tree day initiative; if he will consider a tree planting scheme in national schools for the event next year, possibly in conjunction with Coillte to further promote the importance of trees and the environment within our communities. [44966/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The National Tree Day initiative is lead by the Tree Council of Ireland. Any consideration of my Department's role in this initiative has to take account of the very difficult budgetary context in which we must operate. In this regard, my Department's main focus is on maintaining, as far as possible,