Results 241-260 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: -----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...
- 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.