Results 221-240 of 753 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: 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-----
- 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.