Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion

Photo of Pippa HackettPippa Hackett (Green Party)
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A cohort is in the system and ready to approve, subject to the new rules. They are the ones we were talking about, and some 3% will not be granted licences because, for example, they are too close to curlew nests. Some 24% of those are good to go. Those licences will be issued in the next couple of weeks.