As the Deputy is aware this is an application under the Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (Ash Dieback) which was accepted by my Department in December 2020. Standard referral letters issued to Kildare County Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service in February 2021.
A further information request letter issued to the applicant and forester on 2nd June 2021 requesting stock proof fencing. However no reply was received by my Department. As a consequence a further letter of request issued to the forester and applicant on 1st October 2021. This letter advised the applicant that the application would be withdrawn if there was no response after four weeks. As no reply was received subsequently from the applicant or forester and as such the application was withdrawn on 15th November 2021.