Written answers
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forestry Sector
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of tree felling licences; and the number of applications awaiting a decision, by county in tabular form. [26839/22]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The data for the number of felling licences issued per week is published in a Forestry Dashboard weekly, which is available on the Department's website and is circulated to any interested party.
A table of felling licences awaiting a decision, by county, is set out below.
| County | Total |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 29 |
| Cavan | 55 |
| Clare | 176 |
| Cork | 173 |
| Donegal | 76 |
| Dublin | 13 |
| Galway | 157 |
| Kerry | 146 |
| Kildare | 45 |
| Kilkenny | 86 |
| Laois | 69 |
| Leitrim | 77 |
| Limerick | 127 |
| Longford | 27 |
| Louth | 12 |
| Mayo | 113 |
| Meath | 51 |
| Monaghan | 10 |
| Offaly | 54 |
| Roscommon | 74 |
| Sligo | 71 |
| Tipperary | 186 |
| Waterford | 89 |
| Westmeath | 65 |
| Wexford | 59 |
| Wicklow | 93 |
| Other | 152 |
| Total | 2,285 |
Our plans for licence issue in 2022 are contained in the Forestry Licensing Plan with a target of 5,250 licences issues, which is a year-on-year increase of 30%. This includes an increase of 36% in private felling licences to 1,830, while Coillte felling licences at 1,530 will maintain the levels they achieved in 2021. Progress in issuing licences year to date is good and we are at 99.5% of the overall target in the plan. The priority this year is to deliver on the ambition outlined in the Plan and to issue 5,250 licences, and to reach the projected targets in each licence category, including felling
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