Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2022
810. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on the forestry licensing dashboard in week three of January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/22]
View answerForest road applications are received and decided daily. Applications received from Coillte are treated the same as applications from private individuals.
For week ending 21st January, my Department issued 29 forest road licences, 19 of these were from Coillte and the remaining 10 were private applicants. However, the following week ending 28th January, 11 road licences were issued to private applicants and four were issued to Coillte.
For the month of January, 76 forest road licences issued, 36 to private applicants and 40 to Coillte.
