Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Any farmer wishing to apply for RUS will submit an application for it. This is part of the process to avail of the scheme and an aspect of this will be the felling licence element. If people have significant concerns about any serious threat or danger in the short term, they could certainly reach out to the Department and highlight it. Unfortunately, many people are in the same boat here.

Returning to the original points about the widespread nature of this issue, Teagasc is working to try to identify species in respect of some trees potentially being resistant to ash dieback. Potentially, this may be 1% or 2%, but this would be nice if it were to prove the case. We need expertise in this regard. Anyone who has seen this disease can clearly identify it. If a tree does not look like it has it, however, perhaps it might be one that is resistant to ash dieback. We must examine this aspect too. If 1% or 2% of trees prove to be resistant, it would be great to mind them.

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