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. Colm Hayes:

We are in a difficult space in licensing and have been for the past 18 months to two years. I emphasised clearly in my opening remarks that we do not claim to be where we want to be. Absolutely not. It was by way of an indication as to whether there is an improvement in output. I think it is perfectly valid to give an indication with what happened last year. One can make that comparison without saying that all is perfect. I would like to think that this was understood clearly from my opening remarks. We are not claiming that but at the same time, if one takes this as a two-year project, we are showing signs of improvement all the time. Every metric in 2021, when it comes to licensing, will be up on 2020. It absolutely must be.

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