Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland

Ms Shirley Clerkin:

Yes, but if there are gaps already, we have to do something with them. Mr. Sheehan recommends pressing the hedge down in the BRIDE Project. That is done when a hedge has lighter growth. The gaps in many of the hedges in Monaghan are quite wide and they need in-filling before that can be started. Everything has become woody and old.