Written answers

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Grants

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of wind blow grant aid for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18850/17]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Reconstitution Scheme (Windblow) was established in 2016, to provide support for forest owners to replant forestry that had suffered damage during a succession of storms in the winter of 2013/2014, culminating in Storm Darwin on 12 February 2014.  Only forestry planted after 1 December 1989 was eligible under this reconstitution scheme.

Since the forestry belonging to the person named was planted before 1 December, 1989, they will not be eligible for this Scheme.  Applications are now closed and it will not be extended to capture forestry planted before this date.

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