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Thursday, 1 February 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Data

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planting targets in hectares in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; the number of hectares planted in each year; and the number of hectares planted out of each annual target set on a percentage basis. [5165/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The National Development Plan 2007-2013 set out planting targets for the period 2007 - 2013 at 10,000ha per annum. The figure for 2014 is based on the maximum planting level achievable within the budget provided that year, which was 7,000ha. Targets for 2015 - 2020 are set out in the Forestry Programme 2014 - 2020. The following table lists these figures;

-TargetPlanted (ha)% of target achieved
201010,0008,31483%
201110,0006,65367%
201210,0006,65267%
201310,0006,25263%
20147,0006,15688%
20156,0006,293105%
20166,6606,50098%
20177,1405,53678%

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