Forestry
The absence of Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae and Minister Heydon from a forestry meeting in Leitrim has been slammed
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued 243 afforestation licences relating to 2,008ha so far this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) issued 88 afforestation licences in 2023, compared to over 700 in the previous year.
22 afforestation licences were issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in November 2023, latest figures have shown.
The average length of time for private felling licence decisions was more twice the waiting time for Coillte applications.
There is more forest area in Co. Cork than in any other county in Ireland according to a new report from DAFM.
