Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Felling Licences Applications

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence was issued for Gougane Barra extraneous clear-felling for the mature Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and western hemlock, which Coillte claimed were damaged by the storm in February 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35353/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A general felling licence GFL CK27WB01 issued to Coillte in respect of clearfelling 4.9 hectares at Coomroe, Co. Cork, due to storm damage. The species licensed were Sitka Spruce, Lodgepole Pine (Northern Coastal), Birch and Japanese Larch. The application was referred to both Cork County Council and National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) for their observations, prior to approval by the forestry inspector.

NPWS had no comments or observations regarding the proposed felling. Cork County Council asked that the contractor should contact the Council prior to commencement of works, to agree a designated haulage route, thereby ensuring that the condition of the roads network accessing the site is not compromised during operations.

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence was issued for the storm tree felling in Jenkinstown wood in County Kilkenny; if so, if he will provide the inspector's reports necessary for both public amenity woodlands felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35354/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The only felling licences issued in respect of tree felling in the townland of Jenkinstown were two General Felling licences issued to Coillte in 2009 and both of which expired in April 2014. There were no licences issued in respect of storm damaged trees in this townland.

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