Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage
1:30 pm
Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The provisions in the Bill relating to hedge cutting are being introduced on a pilot basis and they provide for regulated cutting on a restricted part of hedgerows in one particular month. They have a limited lifespan of two years. It is a crime to touch a nest and that offence is in existence anyway.
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