Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-03-22
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Lynn Boylan (SF), Agricultural Panel

I move amendment No. 15:
In page 15, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:
“(i) shall, on an annual basis, lay a report before Dáil Éireann on the level of afforestation per Local Electoral Area, the level of which is broadleaf, and as to how this aligns with government policy and objectives,”.
The purpose of this is to make data on forestry more readily available to legislators and the public. In the Dáil, the Minister indicated that the data are already available, or rather that they can be extrapolated from the data that are available. My understanding is that they are in complex data sets, so the crux of the matter is whether they are freely available. Therefore, this amendment in seeking to ensure the data are published in a more digestible format.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-22