Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 July 2020
525. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of tree planting rates and numbers conducted through afforestation by license under section 22 of the Forestry Act 2014 in tabular form. [17101/20]
View answerMy Department provides annual planting and other statistics on its website. My Department does not keep data on the number of trees planted at sites, rather the hectares planted. The table below shows the hectares planted per county in the last three full years.
|
- |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
Carlow |
62.37 |
25.57 |
21.75 |
|
Cavan |
316.67 |
320.63 |
167.45 |
|
Clare |
518.38 |
261.71 |
352.43 |
|
Cork |
419.69 |
297.03 |
423.40 |
|
Donegal |
54.13 |
63.86 |
44.52 |
|
Dublin |
10.80 |
4.21 |
35.10 |
|
Galway |
400.32 |
286.60 |
278.78 |
|
Kerry |
377.66 |
332.44 |
301.47 |
|
Kildare |
33.02 |
79.28 |
24.88 |
|
Kilkenny |
89.55 |
136.13 |
89.06 |
|
Laois |
98.57 |
71.21 |
49.09 |
|
Leitrim |
536.22 |
298.66 |
289.18 |
|
Limerick |
99.48 |
81.01 |
156.49 |
|
Longford |
200.70 |
171.44 |
62.02 |
|
Louth |
21.85 |
10.31 |
1.27 |
|
Mayo |
531.78 |
255.97 |
239.07 |
|
Meath |
122.04 |
105.87 |
51.33 |
|
Monaghan |
61.38 |
86.74 |
59.28 |
|
Offaly |
165.63 |
72.05 |
76.24 |
|
Roscommon |
431.11 |
399.28 |
315.09 |
|
Sligo |
189.96 |
139.34 |
119.35 |
|
Tipperary |
161.65 |
127.67 |
157.84 |
|
Waterford |
163.40 |
42.60 |
49.45 |
|
Westmeath |
206.88 |
174.65 |
77.03 |
|
Wexford |
114.36 |
60.45 |
58.86 |
|
Wicklow |
148.15 |
120.77 |
49.46 |
|
Total |
5,535.75 |
4,025.48 |
3,549.89 |
This represents tree planting on private lands, which is funded under the Department's Forestry Programme 2014-2020. The rate of afforestation has been in decline in recent years, due to a number of factors including competition for land amongst land owners regarding the value and management of their forests, negative public perception of forestry and difficulties and delays in issuing licences. The Programme for Government contains commitments to support the forestry sector and woodland creation and to tackle these issues.
