Seán Sherlock
Question:347. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) is being expedited. [56707/21]
View answerThursday, 18 November 2021
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An application for the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS – Ash Dieback) was received on behalf of the person named and acknowledged in December 2020. An initial letter was issued to the applicant and his Registered Forester in January seeking a harvest plan as the intention was to essentially clear fell and replant the site. A response to this request was received in February.
My Department received clarification from Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in early May, on the requirement for obtaining a grant of planning or an exemption for certain RUS sites. A letter issued to the applicant and his Registered Forester on 6th May, requesting detail of a grant of planning or an exemption from the local authority. The letter noted that the removal of, in this case, 11.95ha of broadleaves was not an exempted development and not sub-threshold.
As no response to this request has been received, the application cannot be processed further.