Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Mr. Brendan Gleeson:
That is next year and we have just launched the programme. To be honest, the idea that these things are malleable and we can change them is wrong. That idea will have the opposite effect to the acceleration of applications because people will say that something easier is coming and therefore they will hang on. These are the rules. We will operate within them. We will have a decent licensing system that will give people a licence within a reasonable period. This is a 20 or 40 year commitment for people, so-----
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