Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion
3:00 pm
Ms Sorcha de BrĂșch:
I thank the Deputy. The NARGC has been a great partner in developing e-licensing. We are rolling it out at the moment. It went live on 4 June and there has been a significant uptake in that process.
Further, the NPWS will go out to public consultation on a review of the Wildlife Act in the coming days. We would hugely welcome input from the NARGC and other rural organisations. We have had meetings with the NARGC and others informally to inform the initial part of that process. There will continue to be multiple ones. It will be a long process. By its very nature, any change of legislation by its very nature will be a long process and will take time. We absolutely welcome input from the NARGC and other organisations and are more than happy to meet them.