Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2024
534. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his Department that is responsible for granting planning permission for forestry roads exiting onto main roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15983/24]
View answerMy Department is the competent Authority for consent to build forest roads and entrances in Ireland, through the forest road licensing system, with the exception of forest roads involving the development of new entrances from National Roads. Where new entrances or material widening of existing entrances is required, planning permission is required from relevant local Authorities, prior to making a road consent application to my Department.
The current Forest Roads Consent system is defined by SI 39 of 2020, and supported by Government of Ireland documents Requirements for Forest Entrances from the Public Road, and the Technical Standard for the Design of Forest Entrances from the Public Road. The forest Road Licensing system has its legal basis in SI 191 of 2017.
