Foresters warn that industry must be economic via IrishTimesBiz
According to the industry lobbyist, department officials only recently completed the paperwork needed to seek the EU’s approval under state aid rules for the Government to spend the €1.32 billion earmarked for forestry over the next five years.
Mr McAuley acknowledged that there had been some interim arrangements but that had little impact across the industry as a whole. The group, affiliated to employers’ body Ibec, says that the Republic has barely reached a quarter of that figure in recent years, blaming licensing delays and department bureaucracy.
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