Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I mention the licences or the applications that have been in the system for more than one year. I know that at the start of the year a concerted effort was made to take into consideration bigger applications in order that we could have vast amounts of forestry coming through the system faster. Is Mr. Gleeson proposing to look at these licences that have been in the system for more than one year in order that they can be brought through the system at a faster rate than what is coming through at the moment? There seems to be considerable dismay in many quarters that the Department has licences in the system for more than a year, and in some cases, two and three years. What is Mr. Gleeson's long-term strategy to deal with those licences?