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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: Absolutely. Such forests are the unfortunate legacy we are left with but we can rectify that for the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: It is not on a site-by-site basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: Any trees planted under any deal are subject to licence, which our Department issues. Those licences, as we have heard, are subject to significant requirements be they environmental, archaeological, historical or cultural. All of those things are factored in so it is not the case that a deal will involve being able to plant trees wherever you like. It will be subject to the same scrutiny...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: We have a €1.3 billion scheme that is aimed at farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: We have not deliberately done anything. We have money to support farmers to plant trees.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: No, it is the strategy out to 2030.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: The sector was in touch about it. One of its requests was that it would be given sight of that because the forestry sector, including foresters and companies, wanted an indication of what was coming in order that they could engage with farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: It would have known the state aid rules were in place since January anyway, but the timing of the publication of the proposed programme was, from my perspective and engagement, due to the sector. The forestry companies wanted to give some assurances to their farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: That is a question for Gresham House.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: For disposal.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: They are replanted. The trees that are cut down are replanted.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: Deputy Carthy wrote today in the Daily Mailthat this fund could receive up to €2 billion in subsidies from Irish taxpayers. This is utterly untrue. Deputy Carthy and his party know that this particular deal represents less than 1% of the Government’s targets for new forests by 2050. Sinn Féin knows that the vast majority of the €1.3 billion forestry programme will...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: What I will say about this motion, however, is that I welcome that we are discussing forestry and the role of Coillte more generally here this evening. In the context of Coillte’s further direction, it is important to mention first a key constraint on Coillte’s ability to engage in afforestation without private involvement, namely, EU state aid rules. A 2003 EU state aid...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: The fund will not seek to purchase any public lands and any land purchased by the fund, whether it is an existing forest or bare land, will already be in private ownership. Despite Deputy Boyd Barrett again repeating inaccurately that the fund could plant up to 100,000 ha of new forests, I want to clarify that this fund will plant roughly 3,500 ha over a five-year period, meaning an...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Pippa Hackett: Genuine concerns about forestry have been raised in recent weeks, particularly in relation to the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund. It is because of those concerns that I am happy to have this opportunity to speak about the upcoming forestry programme, the forest strategy, and the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund. Government policy is to increase our forest estate from 11.6%, to 18% by 2050....

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank Senator Boylan for bringing forward this legislation. At the outset I should say that the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, intended to take this item. I offered to replace him because the bell has been ringing non-stop in the Dáil and I wanted to facilitate the smooth passage of the debate and look after the welfare of my fellow Senators. That is why he is not here. It is worth...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Pippa Hackett: As a female farmer, I can say that there is not equality. That is the problem. There is not equality on the ground. Female farmers own 13% of the farms. There are cultural elements there and farms are not being left to girls, daughters and nieces, but it is difficult. There are amazing female farmers out there but it is difficult to be a female farmer. When one goes to the mart, it is...

Seanad: Wood for Construction: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank Senators for their contributions. It is clear that there is support across the House for this Green Party motion. I thank the Seanad for the opportunity to welcome this Private Members' motion on the use of wood in construction. As the Minister of State with responsibility for land use, biodiversity and forestry, I recognise the important link between our forest resource and the...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I thank Deputies for their contributions. It is clear that across the House, while there are different views on where we are headed, everyone wants the forestry sector to be successful. That is important to acknowledge. We need it to be a success in the context of the climate, nature, water quality, wood production, our people, the wider economy and rural areas. I welcome Deputy...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Pippa Hackett: I am grateful for the invitation to address the House. I welcome the opportunity to speak to Members about forestry at a time governments across the globe are seeking to implement policy solutions to tackle the climate crisis. In recent years we have had our own crisis in the forestry sector, with particularly low planting rates. Today I will outline the Government's plans to reverse that...