Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 December 2020
247. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the planning grant to cover new environmental reports in forestry will come into effect as set out in the Mackinnon report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42204/20]
View answerThe introduction of an environment report supported by a planning grant is one of the 22 ' Ways Forward' included in the Mackinnon Review of the afforestation approval process.
Minister of State Hackett has recently appointed Ms. Jo O’Hara, who led the implementation of a similar review of Scottish forestry, to advise on an Implementation Plan for the Mackinnon report. We expect her recommendations to be delivered by end-February 2021.
