Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Colm Hayes:
Okay, there are some crossed wires perhaps. The Senator can send the correspondence to me directly and I will look at it immediately. In ordinary circumstances, without reference to that particular case, there is no need for anyone with a felling licence to apply for replanting permission. It comes with the felling licence. There is ordinarily a gap between harvesting and replanting for silviculture reasons and companies and landowners may leave it for up to two years. That is not a legal requirement or a licensing requirement, however. That is the general rule. The Senator might send me the correspondence for the particular circumstances he outlined. I will be very happy to look at it immediately.
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