Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an assurance will be given that her Department will not take the Tree Council of Ireland as representing the non-Governmental organisations of Ireland. [16844/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Tree Council is a voluntary NGO acting as an umbrella body linking together some 50 organisations with a common interest in trees. It is a forum for organisations concerned with trees and represents a valuable sounding board for opinion in that sector. However, it does not represent all Irish NGOs, and my Department has never regarded it as doing so.