Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision is expected on an afforestation licence appeal by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29201/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The approval for afforestation, issued to the persons named, was suspended by my Department, as the decision was appealed to the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC). No work can commence on site until such time as the FAC has determined the outcome of the appeal.

The FAC is independent of my Department, and therefore I cannot intervene in the progress of an appeal. The FAC will be in touch with all parties concerned. Documentation required by the FAC in relation to the application is currently being prepared by my Department.

Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29249/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The approval for afforestation, issued to the person named, was suspended by my Department, as the decision was appealed to the Forestry Appeals Committee (FAC). No work can commence on site until such time as the FAC has determined the outcome of the appeal.

The FAC is independent of my Department, and as such, I cannot intervene in the progress of an appeal. The FAC will be in touch with all parties concerned. I understand that an oral hearing has been scheduled for the near future in this case.