Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 757: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be paid a grant to thin their forest; if not, if permission will be given to thin the forestry, at their own expense without the benefit of a grant, in order to keep the forestry maintained to a proper standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There is no record of an application for the person named under the Woodland Improvement (Thinning and Tending) Scheme that was recently suspended. It is expected that a decision on the future of the Scheme will be made shortly following completion of a review of existing liabilities and the availability of funding.

It is open to the person named to carry out maintenance work on his plantation outside the remit of the Scheme. However, if this work involves the removal of trees, he will need to apply to the Department in advance of such work for a General Felling Licence, application forms for which are available on request from the Department, or on the Department's website, or from his registered forester.