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.