Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there can be an exemption given for the requirement of a felling licence for trees that are under a specific height or a short length from year planted; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7147/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Forestry Act, 2014 provides that a landowner must obtain a tree felling licence prior to felling any tree or trees. To fell trees, save certain exemptions, without a valid licence is an offence. Except for trees that have come about by way of natural regeneration and less than five years old, the Act does not provide an exemption from obtaining a licence where the trees are under a certain age or height.