Forestry
Markey concerned autumn planting will be short this year
Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey has called for clarity on the schemes and grants that will be available under the...
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Forestry
SEEFA calls for complete revamp of forestry programme
Oireachtas members have been urged to ensure that there is a complete redesign ahead of the next forestry programme, which...
Forestry
Report outlines challenges in implementing EU law in Irish forestry sector
Minister of State with responsibility for forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett has...
Forestry
DAFM 'on track' to meet 2022 afforestation licence targets
While it is unlikely that targets for the amount of land planted will be met this year, the Department of...
Forestry
Forestry: 12-month private licence targets missed in each month bar one
Figures from the Forestry Licencing Dashboard show that, in each of the twelve months from April 2021 to March 2022...
Forestry
Forestry licensing remains 'major issue' impacting hurley makers - TD
Forestry licences are currently not being issued within an acceptable timeframe of 120 days, impacting hurley makers now more than...
Forestry
Cork TD calls for answers on long forestry licence delays
Labour TD Sean Sherlock has said that the years long delays involved in the granting of a forestry licence are...
Forestry
Minister Hackett says overall forestry-licensing target will be met
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has welcomed further progress made...
Forestry
Review needed amid 'administrative chaos' in forestry - ICMSA
Chair of the Farm and Rural Affairs Committee at the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), Denis Drennan, has said...
Forestry
64% of tree-felling licence applications from Coillte
Sixty-four per cent of applications made in 2021 for tree-felling licences came from Coillte, according to data released by the...
Forestry
Dáil debate over afforestation licences and a 'lack of ambition'
Agriculture spokesperson for the Labour Party, Seán Sherlock has said there is a lack of ambition, questioning Minister Hackett over...
Forestry
Building cost: 'Within department control' to increase timber supply
It is “within the control” of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to increase the timber supply and...
Forestry
DAFM to give 'higher priority' to afforestation in 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) has said that improving the level of afforestation is “a key priority...
Forestry
Hackett: We plan to achieve 100% increase in forestry output
Minister of State for forestry at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett, has published her...
Forestry
Angry forest owners contradict 'inaccurate' licence-backlog narrative
The government has been accused of circulating an inaccurate narrative around the forestry-licence backlog by members of the Irish Forest...
Forestry
SEEFA calls for publication of planned output per forestry licence
The Social Economic and Environmental Forestry Association (SEEFA) has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue...
Forestry
Minister commits to focus on afforestation and more public engagement
A primary focus on public engagement and afforestation licences has been announced by the Minister of State at the Department...
Forestry
Forestry crisis: 'We need action, not talking' - TD
The Cathaoirleach of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Jackie Cahill has expressed his disappointment following a recently announced consultation for a...
