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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This section needs some additional elements because it deals with protection of the forests. The Minister should have the authority to carry out ecological surveys of forests to ensure the ecological integrity of forests with a particular focus on ancient woodlands and native species. There should be a provision to allow citizens who are concerned about the ecological integrity of forests...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are we allowed to respond?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This matter does not involve people, in a rather whimsical manner, seeking surveys. What we are seeking is that people should be allowed to petition for such surveys if they have concerns. Ultimately, the decision on whether a survey would be carried out would lie with the Minister. There should a procedure whereby people with concerns would have the opportunity to indicate that they want...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: These are Deputy Pringle's amendments. It is about having a speedy timeline for getting the licence, and Deputy Pringle believes there are too many get-out clauses in the Minister's amendment. There are qualifications on his requirement to grant or refuse the licence within a particular timeline. His amendment is straightforward in that it states the timeline and that the licence will...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 71: In page 16, line 8, to delete "replanting" and substitute “reforestation".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 72: In page 16, line 10, after "species" to insert "and provenance".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 74: In page 16, line 30, to delete ", and" and substitute "within 28 days of receipt of licence application,".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 75: In page 16, line 33, after "require" to insert "within 28 days of receipt of licence application".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 76: In page 16, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:"(6) The Minister shall make a decision on a licence application, with or without conditions, within a period not exceeding 90 days.".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He could discuss it in the discussion on the section.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The amendment is to insert the new section; that is the problem.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 81:In page 18, line 25, to delete "10 metres" and substitute "5 metres".This amendment is intended to change the distance in respect of the protections which apply where it is intended to cut down a tree. There are safety issues where trees are close to roads. One cannot have an extensive bureaucratic obstacle where a tree near a road raises health and safety issues....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a balance to be struck. The point has been made. However, what we have here does not capture the balance. Deputy McNamara made the point well. It is not simply an issue of distance. I might raise something that was mentioned to me by someone from a different constituency who happened to be passing through Dún Laoghaire. Where trees are overhanging a road and there is a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am pressing it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 84: In page 18, line 33, after “species,” to insert “below a certain size,”.I will await the Minister of State's response.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not entirely.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a question of striking a balance. We have to be practical, and farmers have to be able to maintain-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is accepted but on the other hand hedgerows have important environmental, amenity and biodiversity value. It is about achieving the right balance and it is felt by some of the environmental groups that this swings the balance a little too far in the direction of giving free latitude to do something that could be potentially damaging to the environment. That is why there is an attempt...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Also, the balance is problematic.