Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU climate action strategies the new CAP must be aligned with and enable in a forestry context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47387/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Work on the development of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 (CSP) has intensified. The development of Ireland's CSP involves a number of stages, including SWOT analysis, needs assessment, intervention design, financial allocations, target setting and governance systems. The draft CSP will also be subject to an ex-ante evaluation, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment, including a public consultation on the draft CSP and draft Environmental Report.

Member States are required to demonstrate in their CSP where their intervention strategy contributes to National and European Union priorities, including those arising from the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, as well as from the legislative instruments outlined in Annex XIII of the draft legislation, which includes a significant list of EU environmental and climate legislation.  A copy of the legislation is attached for ease of reference. 

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In relation to the EU approval process, Member States are required to demonstrate in their CSP where their intervention strategy contributes to National and European Union priorities on the environment and climate. The draft CSP will be subject to an approval process with the Commission over a six- to eight-month period in 2022. All elements of the plan will be subject to scrutiny by the European Commission in line with the relevant regulatory framework, around the three general objectives of economic, environmental and social sustainability.

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current draft CAP strategic plan satisfies all of the EU climate action strategies in a forestry context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47388/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Work on the development of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 (CSP)  is well underway.  The development of Ireland's CSP involves a number of stages, including SWOT analysis, needs assessment, intervention design, financial allocations, target setting and governance systems.  

A public consultation on the proposed interventions was held in August. Over 1,000 submissions were received and these are being considered.  The draft plan is expected to address the economic, environmental and social objectives outlined in the draft CAP Strategic Plan Regulation.  There is a strong focus on the environment, and a number of interventions are proposed which will contribute to the achievement of our climate and environmental objectives. 

The draft CAP Strategic plan as currently outlined proposes tree planting in the eco-schemes and agri-environment climate measures.  It is not intended that the CAP will address all forestry requirements, as the national forestry programme is delivered outside - but in coherence with - the CAP structure.