Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Issues: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Mr. Eamon O'Doherty:

Let me comment from my perspective because there is a small amount of confusion around my role and responsibility. I will summarise the four major responsibilities given to me. It flows from that to be able to understand the different roles that Mr. Hayes plays and the role I play. I was brought in as a full-time adviser to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Project Woodland. Two of the work groups are extremely significant from my perspective. One is the clearance of the backlog and the other is the renewal of departmental processes. Starting yesterday, we recruited a business systems analyst, who reports to me, whose role is to map out all the processes around licensing and the sub-processes around ecology, archaeology etc. Her plan is in development and I should receive that next week. I will then-----

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