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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022): Pippa Hackett: ...getting around that. We cannot short-cut environmental regulations. We cannot just say to the EU that we are going to ignore those few directives and fire out licences. That is the brunt of why we are where we are. The officials in my Department are working incredibly hard to move towards systems that function and that not only deliver licences as quickly as possible and on time but...
Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020): Pippa Hackett: .... This particular piece of legislation was another piece - one part of the commitments made in regard to forestry. It is a programme for Government commitment. It is historic and it is based on legacy, but we are where we are. It would be irresponsible of me to ignore the crisis in the sector but by all means, I want to fix it. If we get this right and we develop a new system of and...

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