Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 November 2021
748. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for REAP that have applied for afforestation approval for the months of September, October and November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58346/21]
View answerREAP is not a whole-farm project and opportunities continue to exist for afforestation and for other Forestry Schemes on parcels not in REAP. Details on the level of afforestation on non-REAP parcels is not currently available. Applicants for REAP were urged, together with their advisors, to look at the opportunities afforded by Forestry Schemes when planning for REAP.
Farmers who have planted land under the forestry scheme do not do so using their herd number and, therefore, are not easily cross-checked with REAP participants.
The Department is still analysing the issue as two separate data sets are involved.
