Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The legal advice appears to indicate that compensation might be payable. However, the grounds set out in the Bill are quite specific and pretty much all-encompassing and seem to indicate that the Government will not pay compensation in respect of the refusal of felling licences. I understand that a licence has only ever been refused on one occasion. Perhaps the Minister of State's officials will clarify the position and indicate whether we are legislating in respect of something that would be very limited in the context of actual application.