Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the yew trees, I note with interest that it is a protected habitat type. I was fortunate to work in Reenadinna wood in Killarney National Park, the only native yew wood in the country. To be honest, it has not been very well protected by the State. In fact, as part of the millennium scheme, diggers were brought in across the limestone pavement to put up a fence to keep the deer out, but that undertaking managed to trap the deer inside the woods.Therefore, there has not been very good protection of yew habitats. Regarding native tree species, my point concerns those that should be added to the list as opposed to those that should come off it and that is the context for amendment No. 31.