Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2016
478. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an option to avail of further funding when a 20-year forestry premium payment finishes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18321/16]
View answerThere are no options available to forest owners to receive additional premium payments after the last annual premium has been paid. However depending on the species planted there are other schemes which the forest owner can avail off which help cover the costs of various forest management activities. These are as follows;
- Funding for the construction of forest roads is available at a rate of €40/m based on a density of 20m per hectare.
- The Woodland Improvement Scheme: Thinning and Tending Scheme provides support at a rate of €750/ha for broadleaf forests to remove malformed trees and create space for better performing trees to grow.
Details of all Department schemes relating to forestry can be found at http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/forestservice/grantsandpremiumschemes2015-2016/ .
