Forestry Sector
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-20
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Pippa Hackett (GP), Agricultural Panel

As regards the new forestry programme, the formal process and submission is now under way. We have been informally engaging with the Commission in recent months but I am glad to report the formalised process is under way.
As regards ash dieback, we had the reconstitution and underplanting scheme, RUS, in place. However, I have committed to reviewing the scheme in the early part of this year. Our focus has been on getting the forestry programme submitted to the Commission. My attentions will then certainly turn to the issue of ash dieback.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-20