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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for attending and concur with everything that the Chairman has said. When the Department appeared before us, it told us that the ash dieback scheme was up and running. How many farmers have been sorted to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How many are there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: ---farmers are there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I think the committee will be able to get that figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We might make a note of that - that the committee would get the question answered as to how many individual farmers are involved. My understanding is that planning permission was required for over a certain number of hectares in respect of taking them out. Is LTWO aware that there is supposed to be some sort of legislation to resolve that issue? Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the planting for? My understanding is that the planting was for taking out. I would imagine that you would obviously be getting a licence from the Department if you were changing species.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding is that you did. A farmer from Mayo rang me about it and I understood that this is what they were looking for when it came to taking them out. I will be honest with Mr. White. I do not know whether there was some legislation or exemption under a certain threshold that would eliminate that. Perhaps the Chairman knows.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is 25 acres.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I think the 15-km rule is because we have brought in the habitats directive. The EU legislation is destroying Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not want to go down this road too much but I have looked at Germany and other places where a snail held up a fairly big factory so that is what Europe is doing to us but people do not seem to appreciate that. All I can say to Mr. White is that we will keep the pressure up. I suggest to the Chairman, and I presume the committee will back it, that we bring in representatives from the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They have to do something with them. They cannot keep looking at the trees there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. White is saying they will not pick it up. They have to do something because the trees are affected and will die.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: So what Mr. White is saying is the monetary compensation is a waste of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Chairman want me to take the Chair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Chairman want to put me in there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I will revert to Senator Paul Daly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: You are not allowed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there not a monetary value to the stuff you are cutting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Has the group had meetings with the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Did it have meetings with the new director, Mr. Barry Delany?