Coillte Teoranta
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-09
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Martin Browne (SF), Tipperary

It has been raised numerous times with the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, that the issue of state aid and Coillte was a matter that should have been addressed when state aid was being revised, and not after it happened. The Department knew negotiations with Gresham House were taking place and at that time it was looking for the alternative way to benefit from the state aid. Why then did the Minister of State and the other Minister at that time not seek clarity about the potential beneficiaries under the draft revisions before the Gresham House deal was signed off, and before state aid rules were published in December 2022? The Minister of State is again dragging her heels on revising it now when the deal is closed. Why was it not done before that deal was closed?

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Sitting date: 2023-03-09