Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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3365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered foresters in operation in each of the past ten years. [39320/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department compiles a list of Registered Foresters once they meet the criteria for registration, which is to hold at a minimum, an ordinary bachelor’s degree in forestry, (National Framework of Qualifications Level 7). The forester must also provide evidence of professional indemnity insurance with a minimum value of €500,000 for any one claim and renew this annually.

The list is published on the Department’s pages of the Government of Ireland website, gov.ie. There are currently 184 Registered Foresters on the list.