Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses said at the outset that because the forestry policy review has not been completed this legislation may be somewhat premature. Do they envisage that this will necessitate an additional later Bill or does this Bill go further than initially intended, without going all the way because it cannot do so? It was intended to streamline the felling and application process and has become more comprehensive. That is my impression. When the forestry policy review process is over and policy flows from it, more legislation may be necessary to reflect and implement that. What is the witnesses’ opinion?