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Thursday, 8 March 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Partnerships

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm partnerships per county that farmers have entered into with Coillte; and the number of hectares this covers by county in tabular form. [11648/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the Coillte Farm Partnership Scheme, are the responsibility of the company.

The company has, however, provided the following information in relation to the Coillte Farm Partnership Scheme:

CountyPartnershipsLeased Area (Ha)
Carlow13166
Cavan29469
Clare33559
Cork621108
Donegal21366
Galway991850
Kerry13216
Kilkenny731380
Laois19350
Leitrim/Sligo10134
Limerick37724
Longford17256
Mayo790
Meath/Louth11140
Monaghan659
Offaly573
Roscommon14180
Tipperary991891
Waterford44904
Westmeath19447
Wexford22464
Wicklow/Dublin42977
Total69512803

Coillte advise that the figures for counties where there are less than 5 partnerships have been included with the neighbouring county.  I understand that, while Coillte has circa. 630 Farm Partners, there are circa. 695 farm partnerships in total, as shown in the table.

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