Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 March 2023
362. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will upgrade the systems in the forest service of his Department to enable the accurate aggregated calculation of licensed volume available per year as per the detail submitted on each TFL application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16015/23]
View answerEach private forestry felling licence application is recorded on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Forestry application portal and is also available to view on the Forestry Licence Viewer since 2021.
The information recorded includes the proposed area and species type. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine publishes a weekly dashboard, available on the Department's website here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/859b1-2023-forestry-weekly-dashboard/ which shows the area licenced that week, and, the estimated area felled, in terms of hectares and volume m3, for each month.
Statistics on forestry generally are available on the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine’s website here: www.gov.ie/en/collection/15b56-forest-statistics-and-mapping/#annual-forest-sector-statistics This includes the Forest Statistics Annual Report 2022, Forestry Division’s Monthly reports, and weekly dashboards. Finally, updates on the Forestry Licencing Plan 2022 can be found on the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine’s website here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/21b71-forestry-licence-plan-2022/
