Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2022
920. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent forecasts by an organisation (details supplied) made for the private sector for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/22]
View answerCOFORD, an advisory body to my Department, provide a series of round wood production forecasts which are updated approximately every five years. The most recent forecast predicts that the annual potential roundwood supply, will increase from around 4.7 million in 2021 to 7.9 million cubic metres by 2035 on the Island of Ireland, which includes Northern Ireland.
The forecast is available on the COFORD website www.coford.ie and provides a range of information on the potential of the national forest estate to produce timber for the time series 2021 to 2040.
I have included below an extract of the relevant figures for Ireland for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023.
|
Year |
Private (Republic of Ireland) 000 m3 |
Coillte (Republic of Ireland) 000 m3 |
Total 000 m3 |
|
2021 |
1,476 |
2,757 |
4,224 |
|
2022 |
1,742 |
2,757 |
4,499 |
|
2023 |
2,385 |
2,757 |
5,142 |
