Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thought that replanting was not absolutely required in every case and there are circumstances where replanting is not required. We are looking at the condition in the Bill where replanting is required. I refer to section 17(4)(b) of the Bill which requires the replanting of trees. The worry is that as this is written, in the case of a person who is growing commercial forestry the Department could decide which species of trees was to be used in replanting, for example, it could be oak the next time. The forest management objectives of the forest owner would not be taken into account. Our amendments propose that when replanting is required, the replanting should comply with good forest practice and I cannot foresee any situation where it would be required if it were not good forest practice. The objectives of the forest owner must be taken into account and it should be a statutory obligation to take them into account when making the order or when laying down the condition of replanting. That is the objective of our amendments.

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