Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
399. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates on which felling licences pursuant to the Forestry Act 1946 were granted to the National Roads Authority for tree felling along the N7 in the Counties Laois and Kildare. [41053/14]
View answerFelling licences were not granted by my Department to the National Roads Authority for tree felling along the N7 in the Counties Laois and Kildare. Under the Roads Act, 1993 (as amended by the Roads Act, 2007) the National Roads Authority is not obliged to obtain a felling licence under the Forestry Act, 1946, where it is responsible for felling trees in the course of performing its functions under the Roads Act.
