Interim board for State forestry company
De Rossa asks when the promised interim forestry board will be established. Brennan says he does not have the information and treats the timing as a separate question.
Can the Minister of State tell us when the interim board for the proposed State company dealing with forestry will be set up? I understand from the Programme for National Recov- ery that it will be set up shortly. Could the Minister of State also tell us how far has the evaluation of the projects listed in the appendix to the programme been advanced by the various State agencies who have indicated that they have projects on hand?
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The question on forestry is a separate one and I do not have the information. It is a specific question about when a forestry board might be set up and that certainly is the subject of a separate question. I would be helpful in the matter if I could but I do not have the information.
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All of the questions relate to the job targets contained in the Programme for National Recovery. The programme stated that a State company would be established in the New Year to deal with State forests and to ensure that jobs would be created from that very valuable resource. There was a promise contained in the programme that an interim board would be established very shortly. Surely, the Minister of State must have the information?