Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 July 2017
358. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of warnings issued over the past three years in respect of hedge cutting; the number of notices issued by local authorities in respect of tree and hedge cutting along public roads on health and safety grounds. [33570/17]
View answerHedge cutting along public roads for health and safety purposes is controlled under the Roads Act (under the remit of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport) and managed at county level by local authorities. As such, local authorities are responsible for the issuance of any related warning letters on public health and safety grounds and my Department has no statutory functions regarding the issuing of warning letters/notices under the Roads Act.
