Afforestation Programme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 September 2006

Thursday, 28 September 2006

Questions (277)

Gerard Murphy

Question:

277 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a farmer can partially opt out of a forestry scheme if the farmer discovers that some of that land is required to make their farm enterprise viable. [30295/06]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mary Coughlan)

Applications to remove land from forestry are examined on a case-by-case basis by the Forest Service of my Department, and are subject to the conditions of the existing schemes and legislation.