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
Pippa Hackett (Green Party)
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We have better processes now. They are more efficient and effective. We get a lot more information now upfront when an application comes, which we perhaps had not sought in previous times and would then have to go back. That is why we set those times. When they are not screened in for AA, that makes the situation much quicker as no ecologists are involved.