Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion

Photo of Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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On ash dieback, the Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners have raised infected roadside trees with me on a few occasions. They have spoken of the significant costs associated with removing the trees infected with ash dieback. For the record and for the information of anyone watching, what level of responsibility is on land owners to do this by themselves? What is the financial outlay? What kind of cost is involved in removing those kinds of infected trees from the roadside? What kind of process is involved in organising that?