Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion

3:30 pm

Mr. Pauric Nolan:

No, we meet them on request, including where a partner requests a meeting to discuss an issue that must be addressed on the ground. The only time we meet partners to obtain a signature is if we are applying for a road-in application or a felling licence. In most cases, this will not happen before year 15 of the contract. In the years between establishment of the forestry and year 15, it is not a tick-box exercise or just to obtain a signature.