Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 817: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to parliamentary Question No. 413 of 28 April 2009, if the merger of COFORD back into his Department has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29582/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The work of COFORD will be subsumed into the Department with effect from 1 August this year. The Board of COFORD will continue to operate in an advisory capacity to the Department on the areas of forestry and forestry research.