Written answers
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Sector
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application by a person (details supplied) [17472/20]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
Applications for forestry licences are processed under a formal consent system and every application must be carefully assessed for its potential impact on the surrounding countryside and environment. The application for afforestation by the person named is near to some designated sites and potential impacts on those sites must be considered. In this respect, the applicant submitted a Natura Impact Statement on 16 July, 2020.
In line with my Department's policy for those who submit an NIS, the file is now being given priority and has been returned to the Ecology Unit, where the NIS will be considered as part of the entire application under Appropriate Assessment (AA) procedures. When the AA is complete, it will be returned to the Forestry District Inspector who will complete his assessment of the application.
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [17478/20]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
Applications for forestry licences are processed under a formal consent system and every application must be carefully assessed for its potential impact on the surrounding countryside and environment. The application for afforestation by the person named is near to some designated sites and potential impacts on those sites must be considered. In this respect the applicant submitted a Natura Impact Statement on 16 July, 2020.
In line with my Department's policy for those who submit an NIS, the file is now being given priority and has been returned to the Ecology Unit, where the NIS will be considered as part of the entire application under Appropriate Assessment (AA) procedures. When the AA is complete, it will be returned to the Forestry District Inspector who will complete his assessment of the application.
No comments