Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of land sold by his Department since 1989; the amount of forward selling of future Coillte forest harvests that have been sold; the person or body to which harvests have been sold; and if any of these sales have been subject to public tendering processes. [3727/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to land sold by Coillte since 1989.

Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and as such is operationally independent from my Department. I have therefore referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte farm forestry partnerships that have been and are currently subject to arbitration; and his views on same in relation to seeking to encourage farmers to plant trees on farms. [3729/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and as such is operationally independent from my Department. I have, therefore, referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department last supplied the ESB, Eircom or other companies with utility and transmission poles; the reason the companies are no longer supplied with poles given that the ESB imports wooden poles with an average annual value of approximately €30 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3730/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine does not provide poles or products to any utility company. However, I can confirm that, in the past, Coillte did provide poles for utilities and transmission purposes.

As you are aware, Coillte is a private limited company established under the Forestry Act 1988 and as such is operationally independent from my Department. I have therefore referred the matter to Coillte for direct follow-up with the Deputy.