Minister Hackettâs Forestry Policy Group meets for fourth time ⢠Backlog being addressed ⢠Funding for Woodland Support Projects imminent ⢠Project Management specialist appointed
The fourth meeting of the national Forestry Policy Group took place today. Chaired by the Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, the meeting was convened to monitor progress on the implementation of Project Woodland, which she established earlier this year, to review and implement national forest policy.
Expressing satisfaction at what the members of the Forestry Policy Group heard at the meeting today the Minister said,
âI was very encouraged by the progress reported at todayâs meeting. The updates delivered by the Chairs of the Project Board and of each of the four Working Groups demonstrated that that Project Woodland has really hit the ground running. All the Groups have met on several occasion
Rate of new forestry licences fails to tackle demand for timber Delays are squeezing supplies for Irish house building and hurting export potential
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Delays in processing forestry licences have held up timber production. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
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Government officials are issuing fewer than half the new forestry licences needed to tackle an ongoing squeeze in timber supplies, industry figures warn.
The Department of Agriculture has pledged to tackle ongoing delays in the issue of licences – needed to cut, plant and transport trees – that have hit timber supplies over the last year.