Charlie McConalogue
Question:674. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the final allocation made to each specific forestry scheme in his Department for 2020. [7828/20]
View answerWednesday, 27 May 2020
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The total allocation for the Forestry Programme for 2020 is €103.5m. The funding for the Forestry Programme of my Department, reflects the target of 8,000ha of new afforestation, outlined in the Government’s Climate Action Plan, 2019.
The capital allocation is estimated at €100.1m This provides for new afforestation (€26.5m), existing annual premiums for current Afforestation Scheme participants (€62.25m) and Forestry Support and ancillary schemes (€11.35m).
The support schemes include the Forest Road Works Scheme along with other forestry schemes such as Woodland Improvement, Native Woodland Conservation and NeighbourWood. The capital allocation also provides for the National Forest Inventory, which is commencing a new cycle in 2020.
The current allocation of just over €3.4m provides for other support schemes including the very successful Forestry Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme, which is now reopening for 2020. I have also provided funding for training and promotional strategies in 2020.