Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants

9:00 am

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

It is being done at the minute by Mr. Jim Mackinnon, who is a former chief planner with the Scottish Government. He is analysing the processes undertaken by the Department in the approval of forestry planting and felling applications. We expect the review to be completed by the end of 2019. He presented interim findings to a stakeholder group last week. The stakeholders in the sector, from environmental non-governmental organisations to farm bodies, will make an input into the review when it is considered.

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