Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2021
532. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Forest Service inspector can advise and-or instruct a felling licence applicant that the Forest Service inspector will not approve a felling licence unless that applicant submits a forest road application for the same site as the felling licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27544/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am not aware of any incidence where the Department has instructed an applicant that they will not approve a felling licence unless that applicant submits a forest road licence. I would be happy to have my officials examine if you have any written correspondence to that effect.
If an applicant submits a harvest plan as part of the felling licence application, the Department may query any aspect of the plan including any proposed road on the plan. This may be necessary as the assessment of the felling has to include the extraction of the timber to forest road and the position of this road is an important consideration and therefore needs to be some level of certainty around the forest road location.
