Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2022
210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been spent to rent or buy warehousing space in the UK and in general to mitigate against the negative effects of Brexit; the status of a partnership with a company (details supplied) in relation to a project; the costs the partnership has incurred; and the breakdown of the chemical composition of tricoya boards. [3725/22]
View answerMy Department has neither rented nor bought any warehousing space in the UK in order to mitigate against the negative effects of Brexit.
I note that the Deputy refers to the Tricoya venture. Coillte, (through Medite, their wholly owned subsidiary), is a member of the consortium developing a facility in the UK to manufacture the raw material for supply to their Medite Tricoya Extreme (MTX) product line in Clonmel.
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.
