Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is on the second page with regard to programme A for 2017. We have a target for 2018 but no output so we have nothing with which to compare it. The target in 2017 was 9,400 and the outturn was 3,600, which is well short. How do we know that 2018 was in any way on target? We do not have the figures. Perhaps the Minister has them.

With regard to programme B10, forestry and bioenergy are combined together and there is no way of knowing how they break down. The 2019 Estimate is for €81.8 million but we have no way of knowing how this breaks down between forestry and bioenergy and with regard to Coillte. I am interested to know whether the Minister can expand on this. With regard to the metrics, in 2017 the target for the number of hectares of new forestry planting was 7,100 and the outturn was 5,500. We do not know the numbers for 2018 or 2019 in order to make a comparison. With regard to the number of herds participating in the animal welfare scheme, the target was 33,000.