Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It has been a long meeting. I thank the Minister of State for the huge amount of information he provided. I have some questions. If the Minister of State can quickly answer them or send on an answer in correspondence afterwards if they take too much time, that would be great.

Can anything be done to speed up the application process for reconstitution of ash plantations? Applications went in in December and January and it will take a number of months to go through the ecology, archaeology and so on. It is ground that was previously planted and will be replanted. The outcome is known. Is there a way of quickly getting through those applications instead of them taking such a length of time?