Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 November 2020
355. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/20]
View answerMy Department received an incomplete Tree Felling Licence application from the person named in February this year. Tree felling licences carry a mandatory replanting requirement irrespective of whether they were originally grant-aided or not. The applicant has the option to replant the felled land, or to provide an alternative site, which must receive approval for planting before any felling can take place.
A letter was sent to the applicant in April requesting details of the replanting proposed following felling. As the applicant was unable or unwilling to replant the land, the application was cancelled. For the avoidance of any doubt, no tree felling may take place without a valid tree felling licence.
