Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department will not issue a letter of loss of premium in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, in order that this person can receive compensation from the Electricity Supply Board for the loss in premium in relation to forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11596/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Forest Service provides letters to facilitate payment by the ESB of compensation to an applicant under the Afforestation Scheme where a power line traverses a plantation, a consequence of which is that areas cannot be planted because they cannot achieve the minimum width required under the Scheme.

The application map originally submitted by the person named included corridors and areas that are eligible for planting. Consequently, the Department was not in a position to issue the letter requested in respect of these areas. The person named appealed against this decision and the matter was reviewed and his appeal rejected.