Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage
5:15 pm
Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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Yes, but I am trying to make this as clear as possible. I appreciate that the Minister of State might not be able to answer this now but, in advance of Report Stage or when we come back to this, he might obtain legal advice as to whether it is constitutionally acceptable to deny a felling licence for an approved plantation without any compensation or compensatory measures.