Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional environmental actions on new afforestation projects on areas greater than 0.1 hectares normally completed under the afforestation grant premium scheme can be funded in any new agri-environmental schemes under pillar 1 and pillar 2 of the CAP whilst the forestry programme could be delivered entirely separately from the CAP strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32851/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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There is a new Green Architecture proposed for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) post-2020, with the three elements within that being Conditionality, Pillar 1 Eco-Schemes and Pillar 2 interventions.

While negotiations on the relevant overarching regulations are still ongoing, it is proposed that actions in relation to agri-environment, climate, biodiversity and protection of natural resources will be included in the eco-scheme measure under Pillar I and in a range of interventions in Pillar 2 in Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan, with such actions, if approved by the Commission, being funded from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and, in the case of Pillar 2 interventions, with co-funding from the National Exchequer.

A number of tree planting related actions featured under the current agri-environment measure (GLAS) with 1.5 million trees planted under these measures. A range of tree planting actions are under consideration for future agri-environment measures. The Department continues to engage with relevant stakeholders on the design of these and full public consultation is planned in the very near future as part of wider CAP process.

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a total area of 902,000 hectares excluding areas of LPIS under linear and point features is the total area under the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32852/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The below table includes GLAS area-based actions only. The information provided is a snapshot of the current situation. The figures can change if a participant withdraws from the scheme, withdraws actions or progresses to payment for a following year. For example, if an applicant has not yet received their 2020 payments, their land details will not be reflected in the 2020 data of the table until the payment is issued. The following data reflects the number of hectares per year per action as of the end of May 2021. There may, of course, also be overlap between actions on the same hectare.