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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 85: In page 18, line 35 and 36, to delete "20 centimetres" and substitute "10 centimetres".All of these amendments have the same theme. What has emerged from this discussion is that size might not be the right criterion. It is a question of practicality. If something is a danger, blocks school buses or damages the road or if it has the potential to pose such dangers,...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have raised the issue, so I can raise it again.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not like the idea of withdrawing it either.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not the way I do things.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I must press or withdraw.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 87: In page 18, line 37, after "ground" to insert "or is not in a hedgerow of historical, ecological and/or landscape significance".We have more or less discussed this matter and are going over the same ground. It must be taken into account and balanced against other practical concerns if something is of historical, ecological or landscape significance. This is the...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister of State moving another amendment on the matter on Report Stage?

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think that is sufficient.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I shall press the amendment.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Obviously the conditions being imposed are positive, but the point of the amendment is that there are trees that could be felled but should not be, which fall outside these conditions. I take the Minister of State's point that the matter can be a bit subjective, although not on the ecological front. Areas such as historical and landscape significance can have a subjective element. I feel...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 89: In page 18, between lines 43 and 44, to insert the following:“(2) Provision should be given to encourage natural regeneration of scrub back to high natural forest as scrub is a valuable habitat. Scrub should be designated as agroforestry.”.The amendment is pretty self-evident and I look forward to hearing from the Minister of State.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Again, this is a question of balance. The spirit of the amendment and the theme of my amendments is Ireland's underperformance in developing its natural potential for forestry in general, afforestation using native species and the creation of biodiversity. It is a tragedy that we have performed so badly when our conditions are so well suited to forestry. Our forests are a significant...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it should be encouraged.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Section 25(9) reads "The Minister, may, with the consent of the owner, issue a replanting order in respect of other land owned by the owner instead of the land concerned". That is problematic because it is potentially open to abuse. Something is cut down that should not be cut down, but then the offender can replant somewhere else. There may be times when that is right and appropriate, but...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I did not catch all of that. If someone cuts down trees-----

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fair enough.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 93: In page 28, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following:“(w) importation of forestry products or materials;”.

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not see why the Minister of State has a problem with it. It is simply including another measure. Imported forestry materials should be regulated positively. Why does the Minister of State not include it as part of the extensive list? Arguably, all the items on the list are dealt with elsewhere by other things so why bother listing them at all? If the Minister of State has a list,...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 97: In page 31, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“30.Provision shall be made for a review of the Forestry Act 1988 for the purpose of improving the consistency of Coillte objectives and operations in line with the Rio Forest Principles.”.This is an important amendment. The question of Coillte and its centrality to Irish forestry has been...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have praise for everyone who fought to keep our forests public. This does not mean that all is rosy in the Coillte garden. There are concerns about Coillte, its objectives and the fact that it has failed in the area of afforestation. I imagine the company will give reasons and justifications for that but when the largest owner and the public owner of our forests has not assisted in our...