Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2005 of 24 March 2021, if the Forestry Service inspectorate has any authority outside that outlined on the maps issued; if the inspectorate has any authority over land that is not forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21145/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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All Forestry Inspectors in the Department are authorised officers under the Forestry Act 2014. The powers of authorised officers are laid down in Section 24 of the Forestry Act 2014. These powers include examining any lands to which the authorised officers have reasonable grounds for believing that the relevant statutory provisions apply.

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2006 of 24 March 2021, the procedures the Forestry Service inspectorate must undertake before notifying the landowner and forestry company of suspending or cancelling a licence; the person or body that issues final authority on any licences that have been cancelled or suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21146/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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District Inspectors may recommend suspension of a licence having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including non-compliance with any conditions. The decision to suspend a licence is made at administrative level.

Any such decision may be appealed to the Forestry Appeals Committee.