IFA says EU licence amnesty needed to save forest sector

Coillte says timber supply is at critically low levels

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IFA has asked the Government to seek an amnesty on forestry activity licensing from the EU Commission, in order to save the timber industry and forestry planting programme.

With the country’s biggest timber company warning that supply is at critically low levels, IFA President Tim Cullinan said the EU amnesty is one of the six emergency measures put forward by IFA to allow farmers manage their forests, and to ensure the survival of the indigenous timber industry,