Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Colm Hayes:

In terms of what the average should be, we have a commitment in the farmers' charter for afforestation licences to be out in three months. The Forestry Act specifies that felling licences are to be provided in four months, but we are clearly not meeting that. We do not claim to. We are holding our hands up. There will be individual licences that meet it, but it is not the majority and it needs to be the majority. I think the reasons have been given for that. That is what we are aiming for and that is our stated goal.

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