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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Has Mr. Ryan seen the draft legislation? Is he aware of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: A draft document has been seen by the farmer organisations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. Ryan saying that after 25 meetings, the group has achieved nothing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How long is that going on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In that time they have got through 186 applications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How did they do it? Did GLAS apply to one part of a holding and the planting was on another?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: On those 5,000 licences, the reason is that those people have moved on. I know several people who now have green grass where they were going to sow forestry because they were waiting three years. I am telling the Minister of State that in case she did not know. With regard to afforestation in 2020 and 2021, which would she call the worst year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In afforestation licences. Which would she class as the worst year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Issued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If we think we have made progress, and I have been doing the figures, there are 32 ha more in the first three months this year than we had in 2020, the worst year ever. If one adds 2021, we are down approximately 200 ha in licences issued. Does the Minister of State think that is progress?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister of State said earlier in her opening statement that she made progress.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where is that progress if we are down?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How many parts of the Mackinnon report have been fully implemented? I do not want to hear about parts that are being discussed within different committees. How many parts are fully implemented? It is a straight question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Out of how many?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Minister of State think that is progress?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: With regard to the new legislation, which the committee helped in every way, spruce is not included. Is this correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There will be a take-up by farmers because it will probably cover them in the eco-scheme but in 20 years our numbers will be below what we need for sawmills. The stunt is that it is ticking a box for the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Hold on. Will it help the sawmills - "Yes or No"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is the only way the Department can get to what it aims to do with 8,000 ha.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Why does the Department not leave it out so?