Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2024
489. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial assistance would be given to farmers who do not have forest plantation and are not availing of any forestry schemes, to have ash die back trees removed as such trees are a danger to public safety due to their siting along public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/24]
View answerMy Department does not have responsibility for the removal or reconstitution of Ash trees for private homeowners and landowners, with ash trees in their gardens or on individual holdings, who did not plant under a Departmental ash scheme.
My Department supported the Tree Council of Ireland in publishing guidelines for managing roadside trees. The document is available on the Tree Council of Ireland’s website www.treecouncil.ie and on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine website, at www.gov.ie/en/publication/642e6-forestry/gov.ie.
