Independent TD Carol Nolan has called for an urgent review of the recently announced €79.5 million package for farmers and landowners whose forests have been impacted by ash dieback.
The Laois Offaly TD raised the matter in the Dáil with Taoiseach Simon Harris following her engagement with Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Ltd (LTWO):
“The recent announcement on ash dieback finally recognised that landowners deserved to be compensated for losses outside their control, and I welcomed that when the scheme was initially announced,” said Deputy Nolan.
“However, I also said at the same time that the details of the package must not become a bureaucratic mess or degenerate into an inaccessible scheme for those most impacted by Ash dieback.”
“Unfortunately, we now see that the devil really was in the detail and as such I am calling for an urgent review and a significant increase in the levels of compensation that are being proposed.”
“I know from my engagement with the LTWO that particular concerns exist around the clearance grants that are capped at €2,000 per hectare while quotes for clearance are running at €6,500 per hectare. This means farmers will have to borrow money to clear the land.”
“We also know that proposed compensation levels of €5,000 per hectare does not compare with the typical losses of €40,000 per hectare according to independent forestry valuation.”
“What is urgently needed here is a review of this scheme and a timeline for compensation to be rightfully and urgently paid to the affected landowners.”
Responding to Deputy Nolan the Taoiseach said that while he was “really pleased we have got to the point of having a scheme to provide financial assistance.”
He also acknowledged that “it has been a very stressful time for so many farmers and foresters” and urged the Independent TD to write to him about the concerns arising in Limerick and Tipperary.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-05-08/3/#
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Always the way with this lot, make partially true statements for votes and put the catch in the actual legislation. One of the things that has become abundantly clear over the decades is how the issues of national importance such as farmers which used to be the main points in our parliment have dwindled back to nothing and replaced with un\eu beurocracy, marxist ideology and faux deprevation on the ways to intorduce our tyranny. Supporting our national food sovereingty and industries should be the topis but the only conversations you hear these days are how to cut them. The one thing I can say is that they have completely failed on the marxist agenda because we are mostly united when they wanted to sow division while they implemented their tyranny while we were not looking. Now they are all in their hidden rooms trying to come up with a way to cheat the electorate and avoid their own demise. They have told so many lies and all our departments are flooded with them. One of their lies is on the hse food pyramid which was taken from the fda in the usa. It should be upside down. The reason why it is the way it is with carbs as the primary source for energy is because the government wanted to replace our natural bodies food source for energy. We are designed to use fat as a food source and when you consume carbs, the body switches over and uses that instead causing the fat you do eat to get stored in the body. Thats why people are getting fat and all these crazy cancers coupled with the processed rubbish in the super markets. All animals have specific diets and we are no different. The correct diet is a ketosis diet for us. They villify fat, saturated fat and cholesterol and they are the things we should be eating to fuel our bodies and its done purposely too. The kakistocracy are saying our correct diet is evil and the unatural diet which they want us to eat is good. They invert everything. If you want to maintain your good weight, lose weight, have loads of energy and keep a clear head, then change to the diet humans should be on which is ketosis and stay on it. Its what your body was designed to eat.
a great loss for Sinn Féin , probably the hardest working TD in Ireland , fighting many battle’s for her locals and far a field voter’s ,