Results 521-540 of 766 for speaker:Pippa Hackett
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: It is not.
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Where are you getting this from?
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Genuine concerns in relation to forestry have been raised in recent weeks, in particular, in relation to the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund. We had Private Members' business on Tuesday and we spent over three hours in committee last night talking about some of the issues that have arisen. I am aware it also has come up in Leaders' Questions. I am happy to have a chance to speak about the...
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Let me be crystal clear. This new forestry programme will absolutely deliver on the right tree in the right place for the right reasons under the right management. Under the new programme, the incentives for native broadleaf forests, agroforestry and continuous cover forestry will be significantly increased, and there will also be support for a new forest type, emergent woodland. This is...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pesticide Use (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: The pilot campaign proved to be very successful so running something similar again merits consideration. My Department will continue to work closely with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, the EPA and other stakeholders to develop and implement a permanent national scheme for the collection of farm wastes. This could provide a mechanism to facilitate the...
- 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: What I can say is that my Department is working incredibly hard to get this application right. Officials are in pretty much daily contact, I understand, with the Commission and have been in contact since even before the state aid date opened to do some preliminary work on this. It is crucial we get it right and I have confidence my Department will get it right. We are hoping in the next...
- 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 has not because there is a process here and it is quite intricate. The Commission also engages in a process behind the scenes. My Department is engaging with the Directorate-General for Competition and it then engages with other Commission-----
- 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: Yes.
- 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: Could I make a very brief comment?
- 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 agree with the Deputy. We want farmers to plant. An advertising campaign is another constructive idea arising from this meeting. It is certainly part of our plans. I hear the Deputy full well. An advertising campaign to sell planting to farmers is needed. It is something we will certainly look into.
- 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 am waiting for my formal invitation. I have only had a verbal invitation thus far.
- 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 would be wonderful.
- 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 has.
- 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: This deal is a commercial forestry deal but the requirements under the new forestry programme will include a minimum-----
- 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 3,500 ha to be planted under this will be subject to the programme as it stands. Up to 3,500 ha of new ground will be planted in the next five years. That will be subject to the requirements, which include a maximum of 65% spruce along with the 20% broadleaf and 15% for rewilding.
- 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 new land to be planted. The stuff it is buying is-----
- 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 has its existing estate, which it is changing as we go along. For example, where it has clear-felled in the Dublin Mountains, it is replanting some areas with broadleaf that were formerly-----
- 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. Coillte's aim is the 50:50 ratio. Gresham House is separate.
- 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.
- 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. Such forests are the unfortunate legacy we are left with but we can rectify that for the future.