Results 501-520 of 766 for speaker:Pippa Hackett
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: No. To clarify, elements of Coillte's engagement with private partnerships have been known about for quite a while. As far back as 2020, it announced the Nature Trust, which is the native woodland component. There are three elements to Coillte's engagement in afforestation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: In the letter at the end of December.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: As the Deputy rightly pointed out, Coillte is a State-owned enterprise, but it has its own board and is entitled to make its own commercial decisions, subject to the law. It is our State forester and it manages 7% of our land. It is right that Coillte has a role in our afforestation plans. There are three elements to that role, the first of which is its pursuit of public-private...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Coillte is aligning with Government policy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: As new state aid rules have been in place since 1 January 2023, that now gives us the opportunity to engage on that issue. Our priority at the moment is to get the forestry programme up and running and we are engaging closely with the European Commission on that. There was a lot of work even prior to this at the end of last year and we are now engaging closely with the Commission to get our...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: The rules have been in place since 1 January 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: We have to adhere to the state aid rules. As they are from the European Commission, it was not available for us to apply for until 1 January. That is something we can certainly look into now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: I might kick off and then will share with the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. On the Senator's last comment about C.J. Sheeran, he has an amazing set-up in Mountrath. I have visited myself. He is right: "trees, trees and trees". We are all agreed on that. That is something we can agree on. The Mackinnon report, which the Senator is particularly concerned about, is why we established...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: May I add one sentence to this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: That does not stop people engaging with foresters-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: -----because one does not turn around a licence to plant trees in a couple of days or weeks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Farmers should absolutely engage with the forestry companies and foresters and get the work done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: When the state-aid approval comes through they can submit-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Is the Deputy talking about the Gresham House deal-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: -----or Coillte's plans? I would have been-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: No, I was not aware.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: No, I was not made aware until that date at the end of December.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Absolutely, I know there could well be a problem, especially with broadleaf trees. I think two or three years might be the timeline and not quite as long as four years. My Department has engaged with a particular nursery in this regard to tease out what options we have and whether we could plant parts. I am not sure if the officials would like to give any further detail.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: It depends on the uptake.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: I acknowledge Senator Daly's input into forestry, particularly in the Seanad. I reassure him that we have turned the corner. That €1.3 billion is there. From engagement with Teagasc and others, unprecedented interest is being shown. Farmers are contacting Teagasc advisers asking what this forestry gig is about, what they can do, how they can plan and how to get into it. We have...