Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who planted their land in forestry between 1984 and 1988 under the western package afforestation scheme did not receive an annuity which was given to landowners who participated in the same scheme in the 1990s; and if the farmer is entitled to sell a site from the section he had planted. [23326/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that the person in question received a number of afforestation grants under the Western Package Scheme between 1984 and 1988. Unlike the current afforestation scheme, no provision for payment of premiums existed under that particular scheme. In relation to selling part of the plantation, while I am not in a position to comment on whether any individual is entitled to sell a site, I can confirm that there are no additional burdens on these lands because of their forestry status. Any proposed tree felling or uprooting must, however, be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of the 1946 Forestry Act.