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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1930. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the projected output of forestry licences for 2022 matches the recommendations by working group one of project woodland which were issued to the project board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1931. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projections in the COFORD roundwood forecast 2021 – 2040 for private sector availability and Coillte availability in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; if he will specify the percentage of private sector availability of the total availability in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1932. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for forestry will also have responsibility for the AECM and eco schemes in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21047/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I will ask few quick-fire questions. Would they accept that people who own land have a right to decide what to do with it? They referred to Leitrim County Council. I know of Galway County Council. I am sure the witnesses are aware of it but you can put a set-back distance in a county development plan, as is being done in Galway at the moment, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have seen it done in certain areas. I know the witnesses' counties very well. There is a concern where there is a house and a forest on either side of it. God forbid if a fire ever broke out, but there is a huge risk. There is no point in saying there is not. There is a situation in Leitrim where some people - and it is hard to blame them in some cases - were farming fairly marginal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In terms of what happened in Leitrim down through the years - Mr. Smyth is right about the big corporates - it was one of the counties where you would swear there was a vendetta to plant as much of it as could be planted. It has more than its share, and I would be the first to say that. It is about how you resolve the issues or about how you strike a balance in each county. We need a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have another two brief questions. When one looks at objections to felling licences in Leitrim and other places, although a lot of them came from that neck of the woods, the harm is done at that stage given that the trees are grown. Why do the witnesses think there were so many objections to the felling of the timber? The timber was grown. If it is grown, it is end timber. That is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, I thank the witnesses for coming in. The representatives from SEEFA talked about the problems that are going on and the elephant in the room. They want significant change. In a few words, what do they call the likes of the elephant in the room or the problems? What is the change that they want? I would like to get an answer and just do quick-fire with them for a few minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not buy the European Court of Justice ruling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I want that to be clear. I dealt with the habitats directive in 2010 and 2011 and, I am sure, the Department dealt with it before that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The forest management service has issued a new licensing plan. Does SEEFA not believe that plan will work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Did Mr. Bruton say 7,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it 7,000 licences for felling and planting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How many applications or licences are needed to meet the planting under the climate budget of 8,000 ha?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is an average licence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So 40% or 50% will not do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is 140 licences per week for planting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Bruton. Will he return to the plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will pose only two more questions because I want to let my colleagues in. Where stands the nurseries if the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, introduces an eco scheme next year for the planting of different varieties? I had some discussions with the farming organisations earlier in the week, which I presume the organisations did as well, on the draft document in regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is keeping the sector going?