Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to a query from a person (details supplied) regarding forestry. [21202/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Where a landowner wishes to remove trees after completion of a forestry contract (i.e. after all grants/premiums have been paid) there is no repayment obligation. However, a valid Felling Licence is required before commencement of felling operations. Replanting of the same or an alternative area will be a condition of the Felling Licence. Any site proposed for planting in lieu of a felled site must be of good quality and equivalent size to the proposed felling site, and must be approved by the Forest Service under the Department’s Afforestation scheme before a felling licence can issue. Grants and premiums are not payable for sites planted as a condition of a Felling Licence.