Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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-----its plan is to move to a 50:50 ratio of conifers to native species. All other forestry will be moving towards that 50:50 mix. It is also looking at acquiring mature forest, which will need to be replanted. Where it does replant, the ratio will be 50:50. Unlike forestry in private hands or even farmers' hands, Coillte's approach involves open access to all forests for the public. That is the approach it will be taking.