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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: ...sensitivities, such as habitats and species (including NATURA sites, Freshwater Pearl Mussel and Hen Harrier, Breeding Curlew, open habitat birds, Annex I habitats), high nature value farmland, peat soils, hedgerows, water quality (including fisheries sensitive areas, waterbody status, acid sensitive areas), archaeology, landscape, and local sensitivities.” Under the Forestry...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)
Claire Kerrane: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline details of European forestry legislation on planting on peat and details of his Department’s policy on planting on peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39855/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will provide actual details of European forestry legislation relating to planting on peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualified authority that advised his Department on peat definition, which will be used to exclude land from commercial afforestation activity in the forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40000/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 741, 763 and 764 together. Peat soils are an extremely important store of carbon in Ireland and any future afforestation must not undermine this function. As part of the development of the Forestry Programme 2023 to 2027, my Department reassessed its policy with regard to future afforestation on peat soils. Consideration had to be given to requirements of...