Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted in connection to forestry in each year since 2015 and to date in 2020, by county; the number within a year that were appealed to the forestry appeals committee; the average length of appeals in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20236/20]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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My Department makes extensive forestry statistics available on its website.  The table below shows the number of forestry applications granted in each county from 2015 to 30^thJune, 2020.

The number of licences appealed each year is below.

The average number of weeks, from appeal to decision is in the following table. My Department has allocated additonal resources to the FAC this year through the provision of new planners which has resulted in  signficant increase in their output year to date. I am also giving consideration to further legislative amendments which can further improve the efficiencies of the FAC's operations.