Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Issues: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Mr. Colm Hayes:

That work is being done as part of working group 4 under Project Woodland. The Department is on it but there are a lot of stakeholders on it as well. For the avoidance of duplication, we will let that work develop. Mr. Dunne mentioned the end-to-end process review that is being done and that will inevitably give an immediate comparison with other member states. We are seeing stakeholders already making submissions to us on that, highlighting the differences they believe there are between what we do and what other member states do. As soon as that work is available and recommendations are made, subject to all things being equal, I am sure there will be no issue with forwarding that to the committee for discussion.