Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that replanting orders issued to private land-holders are fulfilled with the 12 month period required; if outstanding replanting following this period will be followed up; and the further steps he is taking to ensure that if no legal action has been taken in the 12 months following the expiration of a replanting order measures are in place to see that replanting will still be enforced, such as in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [21452/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with Section 49(3) of the Forestry Act 1946 each General Felling Licence granted by the Forest Service contains a compulsory replanting condition to replant the cleared area within 12 months of expiry of the licence. This condition transfers to the successor in title if the lands concerned are sold on. Under Section 4 (3) of the Forestry Act 1946, legal proceedings for non-compliance with this condition may only be instituted within one year after the time at which the cause of the complaint arose.