Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 January 2022
369. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work being carried out on the matter of roads and thinning of forestry and the possible exemption from regulatory controls of these matters in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3999/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraLast November, as part of Project Woodland, my Department engaged the services of an external body with expertise in legal and environmental legislation to conduct a legal and regulatory review of forestry licensing. This external review is well underway and includes a review of the requirement for legal consent for thinning and forest roads.
The final report is due in February. Along with Minister of State Pippa Hackett, who has overall responsibility for the sector, we are committed to see a continued improvement in the overall forestry licensing area.
