Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a strategy statement was submitted by the Forest Service under the Public Service Act 1997 (details supplied); if so, his views on whether it now needs to be revised in view of the current state of the forestry industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35163/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Public Service Management Act, 1997 requires that Secretaries General prepare and submit a Statement of Strategy for Government Departments to their Minister within 6 months of his or her appointment as a Minister. Arising from the recent appointment of a new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department is in the process of preparing a new Statement of Strategy to serve as a framework for action over the next 3 years. This will also cover the Deaprtment's role in supporting and regulating the forestry sector.