Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1269 of 8 November 2022, the number of times that his Department met with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56804/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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As stated in my previous reply, a legal and regulatory review of forestry licensing was carried out by Philip Lee LLP and, following extensive stakeholder engagement, their Report, together with the supporting documents, has been published on my Department's website at the following link: gov.ie - Regulatory Review of Forestry (www.gov.ie)

As stated in their report, between 1st November 2021 and 23rd June 2022, the Philip Lee team engaged in almost 60 virtual bilateral meetings with the Project Woodland Project Board, the Working Groups, Department officials, individual stakeholders and the Forestry Policy Group. 18 of those meetings were with Departmental officials and were held remotely. These were held so that the consultant had a complete understanding of the forestry licensing system and in order to monitor progress on the contract.

The person named made a presentation on her report to all Department Forestry staff on 12th September 2022 by Webex.