Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the appeal process available to a person dissatisfied with the issuance of a contract (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29492/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application, the subject matter of this Parliamentary Question, was received under the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme in October 2016.  The application was referred to the Forest Service District Inspector and the consultation bodies: An Taisce, National Parks and Wildlife Service and Clare County Council.

Technical Approval, which is not grant approval, issued on 22 May 2017 with strict conditions attached, which are outlined below.  Details of the decision and the approval conditions were issued to those who had made submissions on the application, together with information on making an appeal against the decision, or any aspect thereof, within 21 days (from the date of the decision).

The date for receipt of appeals has now expired and a number of appeals have been received within the 21-day time limit.  These will be reviewed by the Forestry Appeals Unit and a determination will issue to the appellant and the applicant when the review is complete.

Conditions attached to the Approval:

Strict adherence to setbacks from dwellings, roads and aquatic zones is required;

Plant additional broadleaves along areas that are closer to dwellings;

Install adequate fire lines in areas adjoining unenclosed lands.

Specific archaeological conditions:

A minimum exclusion zone of 30m to be established around the recorded centre point of the fulacht fiadh;

10m buffer to be established around any remains of the historic structure.