Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 3:

In page 6, line 25, to delete "0.1 hectare" and substitute "0.5 hectares and five metres in height".

I am conscious of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation definition of forest area, which is "land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres". The Bill states 0.1 hectares but the advice I have been given is that it should be 0.5 hectares. The FAO also refers to tree cover of more than 20%, but I omitted that. The definition of "land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres" is a far better one and should be included in the Bill.