Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Response to Ash Dieback: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners
Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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I wish it was as easy as that to get the Government to move on any sector, forestry or otherwise, on which I have pressed it.
The other question relates to this new scheme of planting small areas. I appreciate it is a different matter but Mr. White spoke about it being difficult to determine what is lawful and what is not. There is this idea that areas can be planted but it is not at all clear to me what areas can be planted without carrying out an appropriate assessment or screening. The fact that it is unclear to me does not matter massively, but what is more important is that it is unclear to foresters in my constituency and to forestry experts. Even for this 1 ha scheme that both Ministers------