Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Common Agricultural Policy and Young Farmers: Engagement with Macra na Feirme

Photo of Joe FlahertyJoe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is okay, because I am conscious that other speakers want to come in. I have one last question, which I will direct to Mr. Keane. This committee spends a lot of time discussing forestry. Notwithstanding the challenges in the sector currently, it is probably not hot on the agenda of young farmers. Traditionally, it is older farmers who go into forestry. What is the feeling among young farmers on forestry? Given the issues evident in the sector currently, is it something they are going to avoid or that they will embrace if the seemingly insurmountable issues within the sector can be resolved by the Department?

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