Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Kieran Kehoe:
As the Senator said, the responsibility for hedges typically lays with the landowner. Maybe on estates that we have taken in charge, it is an issue. Most local authorities have a horticulturist, going back to Deputy Stanley's point, or other people that we engage. We have landscape gardeners and horticulturists who have a bit more expertise and knowledge for the proper maintenance and care of trees. That is standard and it filters down through how we care for those trees on estates in our own care. I will hand over to the ESB in relation to the lines themselves, but generally that is our response.
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