Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion

Mr. Kevin Collins:

The inspectors are provided with a lot of back-up material to help them make screening decisions. They will have been on-site. In many cases they are the best people to make the call on the information they have been given and their experience as professional foresters, which always includes an element of ecology, environmental appreciation and expertise. They are backed up. There is also ongoing contact with ecologists. There is training for district inspectors. It is being expanded further and there will be training for registered foresters. We feel the forestry professionals themselves can play a greater role in identifying habitats for example-----

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