Written answers
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Farm Partnerships
Jackie 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]
Michael 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:
County | Partnerships | Leased Area (Ha) |
---|---|---|
Carlow | 13 | 166 |
Cavan | 29 | 469 |
Clare | 33 | 559 |
Cork | 62 | 1108 |
Donegal | 21 | 366 |
Galway | 99 | 1850 |
Kerry | 13 | 216 |
Kilkenny | 73 | 1380 |
Laois | 19 | 350 |
Leitrim/Sligo | 10 | 134 |
Limerick | 37 | 724 |
Longford | 17 | 256 |
Mayo | 7 | 90 |
Meath/Louth | 11 | 140 |
Monaghan | 6 | 59 |
Offaly | 5 | 73 |
Roscommon | 14 | 180 |
Tipperary | 99 | 1891 |
Waterford | 44 | 904 |
Westmeath | 19 | 447 |
Wexford | 22 | 464 |
Wicklow/Dublin | 42 | 977 |
Total | 695 | 12803 |
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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