Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2015
295. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department's response regarding compensation for the landowners in Lisnatullagh, County Leitrim, whose lands are affected by the ash dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40550/15]
View answerRegarding the payment for the ash wood which was felled as part of a sanitation action plan specific to the area in question, my Department issued letters to each of the landowners affected on 5 November 2015 and supplied them with the forms which they need to complete and return in order to progress the payment offered. As soon as the requisite paperwork is received and the necessary checks completed my Department will be in a position to finalise the payments referred to and to restore the lands in the way agreed. It is anticipated the payments will issue early in December 2015.
