Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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2030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options a plantation owner has for the crop in cases in which an appeal is upheld against a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15645/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2020, the FAC may, having considered an appeal, affirm the original decision, vary that decision, allow the appeal and set aside the decision or set aside the decision and remit it to my Department.

If the appeal against  a decision to issue a felling licence is upheld and therefore the decision set aside, the licence is effectively cancelled and the licensee may not use their licence.  In these cases, it is open to the applicant to re-submit an application for a felling licence for that area. In doing so, they should examine the reasons given for the cancellation by the FAC and take these into account in any new application.