Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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We have allocated the budget to be able to deliver on our targets. Obviously, we are coming from a low base so we want to make real progress on that this year. A fair amount of the budget is recurring premiums for forestry already in the ground. That is the most significant part of it. We have the new rates now available. Anybody who is planting today can avail of the new rates. There is significant-----