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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (1931)

Michael Fitzmaurice

Question:

1931. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projections in the COFORD roundwood forecast 2021 – 2040 for private sector availability and Coillte availability in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; if he will specify the percentage of private sector availability of the total availability in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21046/22]

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COFORD, an advisory body to my Department, provide a series of round wood production forecasts which are updated approximately every five years.

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 2022, 2023 and 2024 along with the percentage share of the private forecast versus the total forecast.

Year

Private (Republic of Ireland) 000 m3

Coillte (Republic of Ireland) 000 m3

Total 000 m3

% of Private share of total forecast

2022

1,742

2,757

4,499

38.7

2023

2,385

2,757

5,142

46.4

2024

2,408

2,757

5,165

46.6

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