Written answers

Thursday, 30 October 2008

Department of Agriculture and Food

Afforestation Programme

6:00 pm

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the supports his Department has in place for agroforestry initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/08]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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State Aid approval for the afforestation schemes, including an agroforestry scheme, was received from the European Commission in September 2007. However, there are no immediate plans to introduce a specific agroforestry scheme. Within the Afforestation and Native Woodland Schemes that have already been introduced, it is open to landowners to combine farming and forestry in that establishment grants and 20-year premiums are available to landowners to plant trees on a minimum of 0.1ha. of their land.

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