216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the current forest policy review process, Project Woodland, has no provision to examine reforestation, the main forestry activity conducted by Coillte given that this is a continuation of a failed forestry policy that involves clear-felling and replanting of 90 to 95% sitka spruce impacting on approximately 50% of the total forest area; the reason that the review has no remit or focus on the remaining 0.2% of ancient woodland fragments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3737/22]

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216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the current forest policy review process, Project Woodland, has no provision to examine reforestation, the main forestry activity conducted by Coillte given that this is a continuation of a failed forestry policy that involves clear-felling and replanting of 90 to 95% sitka spruce impacting on approximately 50% of the total forest area; the reason that the review has no remit or focus on the remaining 0.2% of ancient woodland fragments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3737/22]

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