March 3, 2021 4:05 pm
A new ash dieback grant must be introduced to cover some of the financial loss incurred by forest owners, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA).
IFA Farm Forestry Committee chairman Vincent Nally welcomed the report yesterday (Tuesday, March 2) from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on ‘Issues Impacting the Forestry Sector in Ireland’.
Commenting on it, Nally said: “Given the attention in recent times on the licensing crisis, I would like to commend the committee for bringing a renewed focus to ash dieback and the forest owners whose woodlands are being devastated by the ash dieback disease.