Foresters accuse Hackett of rowing back on planting targets
New Department of Agriculture plan aims to tackle timber shortage
The crisis growing in Irish forests
Bottleneck is hitting house building, slowing supply of timber, forcing many to import it
Foresters demand that Taoiseach intervene in crisis around licensing delays
Lobby group says Department of Agriculture licensing backlog has hit 5,500 applications
Forestry industry future threatened by delays in planting licences
Leading figures in the business claim there is a two-year delay in getting planting permits due to backlog in felling licences
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