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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2021

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Questions (348, 349, 350, 351, 352)

Joe Carey

Question:

348. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, if a harvest plan was submitted with the application; the location of the file since it was lodged in March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61004/21]

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Joe Carey

Question:

349. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide details of the ecologist that is handling the file; if it is an internal or an external ecology contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61005/21]

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Joe Carey

Question:

350. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, when did the file go to the ecology unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61006/21]

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Joe Carey

Question:

351. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, when the file will be addressed by the ecology unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61007/21]

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Joe Carey

Question:

352. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, the reason the applicant has to wait for a year to receive a response to a routine application in view of the fact that there are 40 new ecologists working on forestry related matters in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61008/21]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 to 352, inclusive, together.

As I advised the Deputy in Parliamentary Question number 247 of 2nd December, my Department received an application for a tree felling licence for the person named in April this year. The Harvest Plan and map was received in May. As advised the application is with the Ecology Unit .

There are now 27 ecologists deployed to my Department. I previously noted that a decision should issue within approximately two to three months, a timeframe that includes a mandatory 30-day public consultation period.

Question No. 349 answered with Question No. 348.
Question No. 350 answered with Question No. 348.
Question No. 351 answered with Question No. 348.
Question No. 352 answered with Question No. 348.
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