Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When I extrapolated from the Department's figures in the last few days I worked out that 3,916 applications have been stuck with the Department since 2017. That includes 2,056 licences for felling and 1,022 for planting over an area of 9,369 ha. There were also outstanding applications for 738 ha of forest road, which corresponds to 300 km. One has to go through quite a bit of hassle to collate that information from different systems. That is what I came up with. Where is the difference with Mr. Hayes' number?