Forestry Sector
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-08
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Pippa Hackett (GP), Agricultural Panel

According to the figures I have been provided, there will be a mix. We have recruited full-time staff. There are 16 full-time equivalents and we have sanction for eight additional permanent ecologists. Given the way we are going now, ecologists comprise a discipline that we will need more of across the board, not just in forestry. There is not a steady supply of them. In that regard, I would be interested in seeing more being done in education, training and development.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-08