Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2017
416. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planting targets, in hectares per year on an annual basis in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of hectares planted in each year; and the number of hectares planted out of each annual target set on a percentage basis. [43559/17]
View answerThe National Development Plan 2007-2013 set out planting targets for the period 2007 - 2013 at 10,000 ha per annum. The figure for 2014 is based on the maximum planting level achievable within the budget provided that year, which was 7,000 ha. Targets for 2015 - 2020 are set out in the Forestry Programme 2014 - 2020. The following table lists these figures.
|
Year |
Target |
Planted (ha) |
% of target achieved |
|
2010 |
10,000 |
8,314 |
83% |
|
2011 |
10,000 |
6,653 |
67% |
|
2012 |
10,000 |
6,652 |
67% |
|
2013 |
10,000 |
6,252 |
63% |
|
2014 |
7,000 |
6,156 |
88% |
|
2015 |
6,000 |
6,293 |
105% |
|
2016 |
6,660 |
6,500 |
98% |
|
2017* |
7,140 |
4,259 up to 6 October |
