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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Could we move on to the Minister regarding the Commission and the idea that there is nothing in with the Commission at the moment? When does he intend to have it? Will he give a deadline and dates for all of that and when he will make it available? To wrap up, I refer to Social, Economic, Environmental Forestry Association, SEEFA, and the meeting I am begging the Minister to have and which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I have to come back to two questions because I have not received an answer. First, will the Minister meet with SEEFA? Second, will he make a copy of the application available to the committee when it is ready? I ask that he make a copy of that submission available to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: We want to see it. Will he give that assurance? In addition, will he confirm that his Department is not accepting any planting licences for 2023?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The Minister is saying he will not meet them at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The Minister is not in a position to do so today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: So the Minister is saying "No" as of today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I just want to be concise. Today, the Department is not accepting planting licences for 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Forget about the news; I am asking the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I accept that but I am asking the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: So the answer is "No". The Minister is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Let us be clear and concise. No new planting applications can be put in place until the strategy is in place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I am asking the questions now. There is a different audience here today. The public are listening in. We are doing our parliamentary work. All I am asking if for a simple "Yes" or "No" answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: That is not the question I asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: "No".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Very simple.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for coming before us. It has been a good debate. Clearly everyone in this room is passionate about forestry, which shines through. I also thank the Minister's officials for coming here and for being supportive of the questioning process. The Minister and Minister of State indicated that they had not published the policy strategy. I do not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I know all that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: So the Department thinks it will be published in two or three months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: This is the strategy for 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)
Victor Boyhan: That is grand. What about general support for the development of a forestry development agency?