Forestry Grants

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Ceisteanna (213)

John Deasy

Ceist:

213. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the afforestation grant and premium scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31158/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Applications for afforestation under the Department’s grant and premium schemes are processed and paid under the Afforestation Scheme, the Forestry Environment Protection Scheme and the Native Woodland Establishment Scheme. The table below shows details of applications granted and paid from 2007 to 2012 in respect of these schemes.

-	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
County	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Carlow	3	4	7	12	4	9
Cavan	32	26	32	30	28	31
Clare	100	86	70	80	65	74
Cork	138	120	93	143	143	153
Donegal	32	18	20	15	9	11
Dublin	3	3	0	0	1	4
Galway	50	42	44	70	50	60
Kerry	59	65	59	83	78	65
Kildare	10	4	11	13	15	23
Kilkenny	27	27	23	53	46	43
Laois	16	19	10	24	13	22
Leitrim	26	22	30	20	31	32
Limerick	57	38	35	48	47	47
Longford	26	15	17	30	31	32
Louth	7	7	8	7	6	6
Mayo	62	45	64	72	42	55
Meath	9	13	19	22	17	29
Monaghan	11	9	11	22	16	19
Offaly	21	26	26	37	31	35
Roscommon	53	42	49	47	45	33
Sligo	39	19	24	12	12	31
Tipperary	65	66	60	68	62	57
Waterford	36	27	26	27	33	22
Westmeath	15	13	25	24	22	34
Wexford	28	16	29	34	37	33
Wicklow	10	12	14	15	11	17