Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 June 2021
346. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the attendance by his officials at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Marine on 27 May 2021, the person or body who has represented the forestry industry on the CAP consultative committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35035/21]
View answerThe CAP Consultative Committee was established in May 2019, and has met regularly since then. The Committee includes stakeholders with an interest in, or affected by, the proposed changes in the CAP legislative framework, as well as the development and implementation of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan.
As set out in the Programme for Government, the Government is, separately, committed to a new National Forestry Programme, and to ensuring coherence between this Programme and the CAP Strategic Plan.
The relevant officials in the Department are, of course, also in regular contact with the forestry industry, including through the Forestry Policy Group, which was established in October 2020 and is chaired by Minister of State Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the forestry sector.
The Deputy should be aware that the CAP Strategic Plan will be subject to public consultation.
