Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:00 pm

Mr. Noel Dinneny:

No, one will not. There is provision for an area between 3% and 10% of the total farm. We introduced what was called the yellow card. In that instance, where the percentage is between 3% and 10%, the penalty is reduced from 1.5 to 0.75. It is a variation. However, generally the figure is 1.5. That is the standard penalty in an over-claim; it does not apply only to the burning of land, it could also relate to scrub or various other reasons.