Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This section opens a Pandora's box. It states the following:

(1) The Minister may charge such fees as may be prescribed for the following:(a) an application for a licence, approval or registration, or
(b) any other service provided under the relevant statutory provisions,and different fees may be charged for different classes of such licences, approvals, registrations or other services.
(2) The Minister may recover as a simple contract debt, in any court of competent jurisdiction, any amount owed in respect of a fee charged under this section.

This will open a Pandora's box because everything done with the forestry department will now be paid for by the punter. It is kind of funny to be paying grants to people for afforestation and then to charge them. It is a habit that the State tends to have, and I am opposed to it.