Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence application by a person (details supplied) which was acknowledged on 25 June 2018. [7056/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a tree felling licence was received from the person named in June 2018. The proposed felling site is near designated sites and therefore the possibility of impacts on those sites must be carefully considered.

To assist with this, the applicant was initially asked to provide a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). However, upon further examination, it was determined that a Harvest plan and map would be sufficient.

These were supplied in October, 2021. The applicant also decided to use a different Registered Forester, which had to be regularised with my Department to enable communications with the new forester on behalf of the applicant. This was finalised last November.

The application is currently being assessed by my Department and will then undergo a mandatory 30-day public consultation period, before the final assessment and recommendations takes place. Providing no further information is required, nor no issues are raised during the public consultation, I expect a decision to issue in two to three months.