Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Colm Hayes:

Any time a new scheme is introduced, it is necessary to build the IT system to go with it. We have many schemes, we process 3,000 to 4,000 applications every year and, obviously, all the environmental regulations bring additional IT requirements as well. We got the scheme out there quickly because-----