Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Francis O'Donnell:

It is, and it is a problem. When forests are being clear-felled, we monitor and go out on site. In some cases, if there are pollution incidents where transport sediment from the afforestation gets into river systems, we ask them to put mitigations in place. If they do not, we will prosecute for that.