Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2024
520. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clearfell and thinning licensed per county for 2024, 2025, 2026; the details that are available to him on the felling licence application provided by the applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6647/24]
View answerFelling licences may have an operational period of up to 10 years, with timings for harvesting events, whether thinning, clearfell or both, contained at periods within that. The following information has been obtained from Departmental records and where a licence had both a thinning and clearfell event the hectares to be thinned or clearfelled are shown in their respective years:
|
County |
Harvest Type |
Hectares 2024 |
Hectares 2025 |
Hectares 2026 |
|
Carlow |
Clearfell |
119.98 |
159.48 |
20.53 |
|
Carlow |
Thinning |
51.65 |
131.88 |
137.21 |
|
Carlow/Kilkenny |
Clearfell |
9.12 |
11.89 |
0 |
|
Carlow/Kilkenny |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
17.76 |
|
Carlow/Wexford |
Clearfell |
6.65 |
0 |
0 |
|
Carlow/Wexford |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cavan |
Clearfell |
107.64 |
143.89 |
16.68 |
|
Cavan |
Thinning |
999.23 |
71.42 |
529.09 |
|
Clare |
Clearfell |
827.65 |
800.36 |
264.55 |
|
Clare |
Thinning |
693.69 |
550.56 |
679.73 |
|
Clare/Galway |
Clearfell |
11.25 |
6.9 |
0 |
|
Clare/Galway |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cork |
Clearfell |
824.67 |
1199.61 |
230.52 |
|
Cork |
Thinning |
1450.95 |
1543.03 |
1741.98 |
|
Cork/Kerry |
Clearfell |
15.99 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cork/Kerry |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cork/Tipperary |
Clearfell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cork/Tipperary |
Thinning |
0 |
23.5 |
0 |
|
Donegal |
Clearfell |
713.62 |
475.24 |
46.49 |
|
Donegal |
Thinning |
405.31 |
422.64 |
767.18 |
|
Dublin |
Clearfell |
94.56 |
60.93 |
15.04 |
|
Dublin |
Thinning |
43.31 |
0 |
102.49 |
|
Dublin/Wicklow |
Clearfell |
0 |
12.89 |
0 |
|
Dublin/Wicklow |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Galway |
Clearfell |
536.17 |
685.88 |
10.28 |
|
Galway |
Thinning |
681.88 |
317.07 |
357.46 |
|
Galway/Roscommon |
Clearfell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Galway/Roscommon |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
46.48 |
|
Kerry |
Clearfell |
569.75 |
479.59 |
388.31 |
|
Kerry |
Thinning |
1194.89 |
848.06 |
1876.77 |
|
Kerry/Limerick |
Clearfell |
6.54 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kerry/Limerick |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kildare |
Clearfell |
49.84 |
115.25 |
6.18 |
|
Kildare |
Thinning |
125.2 |
245.92 |
450.53 |
|
Kilkenny |
Clearfell |
331.44 |
230.07 |
205.57 |
|
Kilkenny |
Thinning |
833.06 |
712.4 |
1011.86 |
|
Kilkenny/Laois |
Clearfell |
15.93 |
4.82 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny/Laois |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny/Tipperary |
Clearfell |
4.81 |
4.32 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny/Tipperary |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Laois |
Clearfell |
365.81 |
510.38 |
109.17 |
|
Laois |
Thinning |
583.62 |
634.05 |
443.79 |
|
Laois/Offaly |
Clearfell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Laois/Offaly |
Thinning |
10.47 |
0 |
0 |
|
Leitrim |
Clearfell |
368.95 |
479.15 |
212.47 |
|
Leitrim |
Thinning |
729.44 |
327.6 |
453.54 |
|
Leitrim/Roscommon |
Clearfell |
0 |
6.19 |
0 |
|
Leitrim/Roscommon |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Leitrim/Sligo |
Clearfell |
34.88 |
0 |
0 |
|
Leitrim/Sligo |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
Clearfell |
336.5 |
427.71 |
194.7 |
|
Limerick |
Thinning |
863.39 |
1059 |
1156.98 |
|
Limerick/Tipperary |
Clearfell |
0 |
24.58 |
0 |
|
Limerick/Tipperary |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Longford |
Clearfell |
35.5 |
55.16 |
66.38 |
|
Longford |
Thinning |
246.1 |
114.92 |
378.57 |
|
Louth |
Clearfell |
9.16 |
0 |
0 |
|
Louth |
Thinning |
36.61 |
0 |
149.12 |
|
Mayo |
Clearfell |
443.7 |
319.03 |
142.32 |
|
Mayo |
Thinning |
396.97 |
395.2 |
549.62 |
|
Mayo/Roscommon |
Clearfell |
0 |
3.81 |
0 |
|
Mayo/Roscommon |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mayo/Sligo |
Clearfell |
11.1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mayo/Sligo |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Meath |
Clearfell |
16.51 |
9.1 |
8 |
|
Meath |
Thinning |
186.54 |
216.56 |
409.83 |
|
Monaghan |
Clearfell |
34.17 |
68.57 |
2.85 |
|
Monaghan |
Thinning |
132.73 |
90.56 |
74.78 |
|
Offaly |
Clearfell |
161.58 |
152.99 |
141.38 |
|
Offaly |
Thinning |
425.74 |
444.17 |
631.07 |
|
Offaly/Tipperary |
Clearfell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly/Tipperary |
Thinning |
50.72 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly/Westmeath |
Clearfell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly/Westmeath |
Thinning |
0 |
10.56 |
8.25 |
|
Roscommon |
Clearfell |
613.72 |
457.84 |
352.16 |
|
Roscommon |
Thinning |
721.65 |
595.1 |
772.34 |
|
Roscommon/Sligo |
Clearfell |
5.66 |
16.26 |
0 |
|
Roscommon/Sligo |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
Clearfell |
304.94 |
167.65 |
126.45 |
|
Sligo |
Thinning |
402.67 |
314.86 |
389.72 |
|
Tipperary |
Clearfell |
705.94 |
526.26 |
192.85 |
|
Tipperary |
Thinning |
1167.22 |
1415.89 |
1205.77 |
|
Tipperary/Waterford |
Clearfell |
0 |
2.62 |
0 |
|
Tipperary/Waterford |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Waterford |
Clearfell |
489.22 |
419.37 |
103.8 |
|
Waterford |
Thinning |
586.88 |
726.49 |
742.35 |
|
Westmeath |
Clearfell |
155.57 |
89.23 |
28.97 |
|
Westmeath |
Thinning |
435.34 |
167.47 |
457.67 |
|
Wexford |
Clearfell |
194.26 |
95.66 |
89.57 |
|
Wexford |
Thinning |
364.96 |
326.11 |
607.66 |
|
Wexford/Wicklow |
Clearfell |
20.31 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wexford/Wicklow |
Thinning |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wicklow |
Clearfell |
829.81 |
687.39 |
177.98 |
|
Wicklow |
Thinning |
965.4 |
718.98 |
842.55 |
