Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 October 2022
740. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a private forestry association (details supplied) will be invited onto the Forest Policy Group; when such a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47887/22]
View answerThe Forestry Policy Group was established in November 2020 to help inform forest policy development in Ireland. The Forestry Policy Group has met on ten occasions and members have also participated in the four Working Groups of Project Woodland, which, as the Deputy may be aware, was established in early 2021 to improve the forestry licensing system and to drive forward the planting of trees under a shared vision for forestry in Ireland.
Several members of the organisation referred to by the Deputy are already members of the Forestry Policy Group.
