Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to publish the report on the consultation on the strategy plan on forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Reply

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine: (Simon Coveney):

A review of forestry policy undertaken by my Department is currently in the process of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), which includes consultation with statutory bodies and the general public. It is anticipated that the process will be concluded by the end of July after which it is planned to issue the report, taking account of any further inputs received during the SEA process.