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Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 50a:In page 17, line 11, to delete “and” and substitute the following:“(c) provide for the publication of decisions made in respect of licence applications, and”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 52a:In page 17, line 20, to delete “by notice in writing served on the applicant for the licence” and substitute the following:“by notice in writing that is served on the applicant for the licence no later than 7 days before the expiry of the period so referred to”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 52b:In page 17, line 22, after “date” to insert the following:“, being a date, unless an environmental impact assessment or other type of assessment or significant further information is required, that is no later than 3 months from the date of the service of the notice,”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 54a:In page 18, line 18, after “road” to insert the following:“and, in the opinion of the owner, is dangerous to persons using the public road on account of its age or condition”.On amendment No. 54, the purpose of exempting trees within 10 m of a public road is for reasons of public safety. This is particularly important when trees become...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 60:In page 18, to delete line 38, and in page 19, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following:“(2) A tree—(a) within the curtilage or attendant grounds of a protected structure under Chapter 1 of Part IV of the Act of 2000, (b) within an area subject to a special amenity area order, (c) within a landscape conservation area under section 204 of the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 60a:In page 19, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as removing any restriction on the felling or removal of trees under—(a) the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2013, (b) the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2000, and in particular section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, or (c) any other enactment.”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 60b:In page 19, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following:“ “urban area” means any area that the Minister prescribes for the purposes of this section and an area that comprised a town or borough under the Local Government Act 2001 before the amendment of that Act by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 may, without prejudice to the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 61a:In page 20, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “PART 5 AFFORESTATION, FOREST ROAD WORKS AND AERIAL FERTILISATION OF FORESTSGranting of licences by Minister for afforestation and certain other activities 22. (1) Subject to section 7, where a person wishes to undertake afforestation, forest road works or aerial fertilisation of forests, he or she...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 62a:In page 23, to delete lines 13 to 38, and in page 24, to delete lines 1 to 8.The advice of the Office of the Attorney General is that it is not appropriate for an indictable offence to attract a fixed payment notice. The offences under section 17 are indictable offences which can be tried summarily. Therefore, I have been advised that it is not appropriate to...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 64:In page 24, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(3) If the Minister proposes to make regulations prescribing fees referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall cause a draft of the proposed regulations to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, together with a statement of the Minister outlining the content, purpose and likely implications...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 65:In page 24, to delete lines 20 to 24 and substitute the following: “26. (1) Where trees have been—(a) felled or otherwise removed without a licence under section 7, (b) felled under a licence and, either at the time of such felling or subsequently, a condition of the licence is contravened, or (c) in the opinion of the Minister, seriously damaged, the...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 65a:In page 25, line 19, to delete “loan,”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 66a:In page 25, line 26, after “provisions” to insert “(for which contravention an offence is not provided elsewhere in this Act)”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 66b:In page 27, line 32, to delete “the addition of, or deletion from, a paragraph from” and substitute “the addition of a paragraph to, or the deletion of a paragraph from,”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 68a:In page 30, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(7) The Minister may make regulations with respect to the making of grants in relation to an activity specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 5(1).”.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 71:In page 31, to delete line 1 and substitute the following:“(2) Section 39 of the Wildlife Act 1976 is amended by substituting for subsection (6) the following:“(6) In this section ‘wood’ includes a forest within the meaning of section 2 of the Forestry Act 2014.”.”.This is a technical change the purpose of which is to clarify...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 71a:In page 31, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“Compensation for refusal of felling licence, etc 32. (1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this section, make regulations providing for the payment by the Minister of compensation to a person in a case where an application by the person for a licence—(a) to...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I move amendment No. 72:In page 31, to delete lines 19 to 23.

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: That is it.

Forestry Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Tom Hayes: I thank everyone who helped. This has been a long process and I appreciate the input of the spokespersons from the various parties as well as Government Deputies. This long-awaited Bill is important for the industry. As Deputy Ó Cuív stated, this is the way the House's business should be done and it is democracy at work. I also thank my officials for their help in getting the...