Written answers
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Afforestation Programme
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual planting targets per hectare for all categories in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 of the forestry programme 2014 to 2020; the number of hectares planted in each year to date for these categories; and the number of hectares planted out of each annual target set on a percentage basis in tabular form. [2369/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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While overall targets are set for planting programme as a whole, only Native Woodland, Agroforestry, and Forestry for fibre have specific planting targets and there are no specific targets for the other Grant and Premium Categories (GPC) 1 to 8 inclusive. The relevant data is provided below in tabular form as requested.
Planting Programme
| Scheme | 2015 target | 2015 Actual | % of target planted | 2016 target | 2016 Actual | % of target planted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afforestation, ha | 6,000 | 6,293 | 105% | 6,660 | 6,500 | 98% |
| of which afforestation (GPC 1- 8) | 5,440 | 6,159 | 113% | 5,990 | 6,340 | 106% |
| of which NWS establishment (GPC 9&10) | 450 | 134 | 30% | 450 | 159 | 35% |
| of which Agro-forestry (GPC 11) | 10 | 0 | 0% | 20 | 1 | 3% |
| of which energy and fibre (GPC 12) | 100 | 0 | 0% | 200 | 0 | 0% |
table contd.
| Scheme | 2017 target | 2017 Actual | % of target planted | 2018 Target | 2018 Actual | % of target planted | 2019 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afforestation, ha | 7,140 | 5,536 | 78% | 7,205 | 4025 | 56% | 8,115 |
| of which afforestation (GPC 1- 8) | 6,165 | 5,261 | 85% | 6,215 | 3,649 | 59% | 6,615 |
| of which NWS establishment (GPC 9&10) | 450 | 270 | 60% | 450 | 374 | 83% | 450 |
| of which Agro-forestry (GPC 11) | 25 | 5 | 20% | 40 | 1 | 2% | 50 |
| of which energy and fibre (GPC 12) | 500 | 0 | 0% | 500 | 1 | 0% | 1,000 |
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