Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Mr. Barry Delany:

I thank the Deputy. The distance depends on the voltage. In certain cases it is 20 m, in other cases it is up to 30 m, 40 m, 50 m or 60 m. I will share that with the Deputy but I know there has been some issues in terms of maintenance where trees have fallen on the lines. They were just too close and they have not been maintained. It is part of their licensing conditions when they plant how far they set back and they work with the ESB as well in terms of that. In terms of the existing set-backs, it is actually the maintenance of the plantation that really causes the issues here in the later years. I take the point, however.