Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
3349. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry felling licences issued each month from August 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/21]
View answerTo date this year (23rd July), 1,209 tree felling licences have issued, which is 34% up on the number of licences issued to the same date last year.
The Department compiles a range of forestry-related statistics, which includes monthly reports of forestry licences issued, which are available on the Department’s pages of the Government of Ireland website, gov.ie. The number of tree felling licences issued from August 2020 to date is given in the table below.
|
2020-2021 |
Tree felling licences issued |
|
August |
118 |
|
September |
86 |
|
October |
229 |
|
November |
183 |
|
December |
182 |
|
January |
267 |
|
February |
158 |
|
March |
109 |
|
April |
83 |
|
May |
173 |
|
June |
317 |
|
To 23rd July |
104 |
|
Total |
2,009 |
