Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 13, between lines 30 to 31, to insert the following:"(2) The collection of information for statistical purposes be undertaken by the Forestry Service in a voluntary capacity as per other agricultural commodities.”.

There has been extensive discussion about the potential of the industry. We need to consider how onerous the gathering of information may be on those working in the industry. We do not want to see people using more trees in their paperwork than they are using in their day-to-day business. The amendment provides that the "collection of information for statistical purposes be undertaken by the Forestry Service in a voluntary capacity as per other agricultural commodities". It is the practice in other areas of agriculture that this role is performed by similar bodies and it would lighten the load on those who work in the industry.