Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request Coillte to treat the independent growers and suppliers to it fairly in accepting the first and second thinnings and pulp which is a byproduct of the industry in the autumn and vital for their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45560/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as transactions with suppliers and customers, are the responsibility of the company. The matter raised is entirely a commercial matter between Coillte and its potential suppliers.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the medium and long-term plans Coillte has in managing and developing in the interests of all parties the contract arrangements with private growers and suppliers to it in view of the fact that arrangements are not satisfactory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45561/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as contractual arrangements with private growers and suppliers, are the responsibility of the company. The matter raised by the Deputy is entirely a commercial matter between the company and its suppliers.