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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the 2021 equine census figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61758/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged with the EU Commission regarding the forestry programme that is due to commence in January 2023; if the Commission has expressed any concerns in relation to same; if State aid approval has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61800/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recourse that is available to forestry licence applicants who seek a review of a district inspector's decision, if such a review has not been conducted within 12months of the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 669. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is compulsory for ecology reports to accompany forestry licence applicants; if not, if his Department has a policy on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61802/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome Ms Hurley and thank her for her statement. There are a few issues I want to get my head around. There are 30,000 ha on basically bog or peatlands that Coillte is getting rid of. Has it sold some of that land in the past year or two?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Has any been sold to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Was it sold or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Carlin. Is Coillte going to be rewet the 30,000 ha itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is redesign, and will Coillte be doing that itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Coillte will do that 30,000 ha. There are 90,000 ha as well on biodiversity out of the 440,000 ha. What is the total area for commercial timber at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a planting obligation on those 30,000 ha or is the Department going to let Coillte out from that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Coillte not have to replant it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I did not quite hear Mr. Carlin. Did he say for rewilding or rewetting or replanting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will it be a different type of timber?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will it be something associated with that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Coillte will have covered itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The 100,000 ha will be extra. The 30,000 ha will not be included in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is Coillte cutting each year in cubic metres or hectares?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Right. In the context of the 100,000 ha and the vision Coillte has in that regard, I was looking at the statistics relating to the amount of land sold in Ireland each year. In 2019, there was just over 29,000 acres sold. Some years before that, there were up to 60,000 acres sold. That equates to 25,000 ha or 30,000 ha. Is Coillte doing 100,000 ha?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So it will be approximately 3,000 or 3,300 ha per year for 30 years. Coillte will be in the market for 10% of all the land that is going be sold, at best, in Ireland. I presume it is not going to be competitive in the Golden Vale, where land makes €20,000 per acre.