Forestry Licensing Plan 2022

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has a range of forestry priorities for 2022. This includes the delivery of a new Forest Strategy and Forestry programme, which involves:

• The ongoing implementation of the recommendations in Project Woodland.
• The administration of forestry schemes and payments to landowners.
• The implementation of wider Government policy including the Climate Action Plan.
• Amendment of Forestry Act 2014 and development of related initiatives to facilitate small scale tree - planting.
• The implementation work around Brexit and export certification.
• The essential work on Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) and our plant health control and checks.
• The publication of data in the National Forest Inventory by end of 2022.
• Administration of and participation in the COFORD Council working groups and reports.
• Servicing Ireland’s international and EU forestry obligations.
• Defending the Department’s decisions at the Forestry Appeals Committee.