Department 'moving goals posts' on forestry approvals - Sherlock
February 23, 2021 1:18 pm The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is “moving the goal posts” on ecology reviews for tree felling applications, according to the agriculture spokesperson for the Labour Party. This is because, Seán Sherlock said, the department is “insisting” that a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) is required in order to prioritise tree felling applications. “An NIS is a further cost to the applicant, after the fact of submitting an application,” the Cork East TD argued. There are 1,890 applications still on file to be assessed [by ecologists]. The departm...
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