Results 221-240 of 766 for speaker:Pippa Hackett
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: It is not.
- 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...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pesticide Use (26 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. I am aware of the incredibly concerning reports in connection with the white-tailed eagle. I strongly condemn this illegal act and I urge anyone with any information to contact either the National Parks and Wildlife Service or An Garda Síochána. I will first outline the regulatory position with regard to carbofuran. This chemical was...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: I thank Senator Boyhan for his fair and measured observations of the forestry sector.He asked a few more questions than were in his original question but we will see how we get through them. I welcome the opportunity to update Senators on the progress of the new forestry programme and Coillte's plans to increase afforestation. As Members will know, afforestation levels in recent years have...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2023)
Pippa Hackett: Yes, we need to receive full state aid approval before we can fully get our forestry programme up and running. However, as I indicated, that does not stop any trees going in the ground. Anyone who has an existing licence can plant under the arrangements of the proposed new programme, and we have been given that permission. I understand we are finalising our over-and-back process with 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: It was a similar timeline. It might have been a little earlier. As the Minister indicated, Coillte signed off on the deal on 18 December. Later that week, I received a letter stating that Coillte was hoping to announce the deal early in January.
- 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-----