John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

——it will give one permission to do as outlined. As Deputy Howlin will know, there is a policy in Wexford such that if a hedgerow is removed, it must be replaced farther in from its original location. A replacement condition applies to planning in my county — I do not know the position in other counties. An agreement is usually reached with the REPS planners on hedgerows.

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