Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23251/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named applied for a General Felling Licence in May 2016. The applicant did not wish to replant the same site and was notified in June 2016 that a limited felling licence was required. An application for a limited felling licence was received in February 2017 and was granted in April 2017.

However one of the conditions of the licence was that an alternative site was planted in lieu of the area felled. Approval to plant the alternative site was issued in April 2017. An objection was received from a member of the public shortly thereafter. The appeal is now being considered and the felling licence and replanting approval are suspended pending the outcome of the appeal.