Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2022
843. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 850 road licences in his Department’s plan that are for the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11307/22]
View answerAt the start of the year, there were 585 road licence applications in the system for processing. The planned 850 forest road licence decisions that will issue this year will include new applications received this year.
As these are applications that have not yet been received by the Department, I cannot at this juncture say how many decisions that will issue this year will be for private licences, but we are committed to delivering 850 licences in total which is a 27% increase on output last year.
