Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Just to be clear, at one stage, for clearing the ground, the payment was €1,000 per ha. That has now been doubled to €2,000 per ha. That is for clearing. Then there is funding for replanting it, but there is also a further €5,000 per ha for the farmer himself or herself. Farmers will not have to spend that. That can be for themselves, and it is tax free.

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