Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons who have been appointed to the Forest Windblow Taskforce; if membership of the taskforce is representative of all stakeholders of the industry; the breakdown of membership, including name and the sector of the industry being represented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5708/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The Forest Windblow Taskforce, comprises stakeholders representing forest owners, forestry companies, Teagasc and Coillte as well as DAFM. It is meeting regularly to work collaboratively and is focusing on providing practical solutions immediately to those landowners whose forests have been adversely affected and are faced with a major clean-up operation in dealing with fallen trees.

The Taskforce will take account of all issues raised by those affected by these storms.