Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Just in terms of the figures, if Deputy Healy-Rae looks at private felling licences, this year we received 696 but we issued 1,176. We are issuing a lot more than we have received. We received applications for 750 Coillte felling licences and we issued 1,132. We are more on top of felling licences now. When they come in they are dealt with very promptly and issued. That is coming from a situation where this time three years' ago we were in a big crisis, coming out of the court case and the ramifications of what happened in 2019.