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Protection of Hedgerows Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Brian Leddin · Green Party
- Introduced
- 22 May 2024
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes a register of significant hedgerows and gives the Minister power to make regulations protecting them from removal except in specified circumstances.
- Prohibits removal of significant hedgerows and creates an appeals procedure for decisions; establishes offences for breaching the Act.
- Amends Roads Act 1993, Forestry Act 2014, Communications Regulation Act 2002, Electricity Supply Act 1927, Transport Acts to align with hedgerow protections.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil22 May 2024
- Second Stage33rd Dáil1 May 2025
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