Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte sold the harvesting rights for the 950 acres of public forest at Kilcooley abbey estate to the new owner; if so the price paid for this sizable amount of forest; the reason for same when Coillte are unable to increase its afforestation plans in order to support our 17% treecover targets within the last national forestry plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35490/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Coillte Teoranta was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company.  The company has, however, advised that Coillte has disposed of its interest in the leasehold of 402.92 hectares of land and trees at Kilcooley Estate, County Tipperary. As Coillte is a private commercial company, they do not disclose the price of individual property transactions for commercial reasons. The company also advised that the reason for the sale was that, in addition to being an attractive commercial proposition, sale of this leasehold interest meant that Coillte would no longer have to comply with onerous conditions relating to upkeep of walls, roads and buildings on the estate which are a feature of long leases of these old estates.

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