Written answers
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Sector
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where a member of the public can view licence decisions and the documentation, in a timely manner, to make an appeal without having to sign a disclaimer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6333/24]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes decisions on forestry licence applications on the Forestry Licence Viewer (FLV). These can be found here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/a91f7-forestry-licence-viewer
Decisions, along with all relevant documents that were involved in coming to those decisions, are made available on the FLV on the same day as the decision is taken.
The disclaimer on the FLV does not inhibit any potential appeal against a decision made by my Department on a forestry licence to the Forestry Appeals Committee. The purpose of providing the documents relevant to licence decisions on the FLV is to aid public consultations on forestry licence applications and to allow access to as much information as possible to those considering making an appeal to the Forestry Appeals Committee.
The purpose of the disclaimer, which is similar to those used on other state planning related websites, is to warn against the use of information contained in the Forestry Licence Viewer for non-forestry licensing related purposes.
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