Written answers

Wednesday, 3 October 2007

Department of Agriculture and Food

Tree Felling

8:00 pm

Photo of Terence FlanaganTerence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will provide a full response to questions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21944/07]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As outlined in a previous reply, testing for fireblight was carried out by my Department in the Fingal area and following positive results for fireblight trees were removed and destroyed. Host trees in the same stand were also removed to prevent further spread of the diseaseThe following trees tested positive for Fireblight in Verbena and Bayside this year.

LocationTree SpeciesDate Samples Taken
Bayside Boulevard NorthCrataegus monogyna13-8-2007
Bayside Boulevard NorthSorbus aria13-8-2007
Bayside Boulevard NorthCrataegus monogyna13-8-2007
Verbena AvenueSorbus aria13-8-2007
Verbena AvenueSorbus aria13-8-2007
Verbena AvenueSorbus aria13-8-2007
Verbena AvenueSorbus aria8-8-2007
Verbena AvenueSorbus aria8-8-2007
Verbena AvenueSorbus aucuparia 'Joseph Rock'17-8-2007
Bayside WalkSorbus aria23-8-2007

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