Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 May 2018
392. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planting targets per hectare for categories (details supplied) over the 2014 to 2017 period for the forestry programme 2014-2020; the actual number of hectares planted in each year for the categories; and the number of hectares planted out of each annual target set on a percentage basis, in tabular form. [20049/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraPlanting under the forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 commenced in 2015. My Department recently completed a mid-term review of the Forestry Programme, the results of which were published last February. The table below, included in the MTR, shows the target area in each of the categories and that actually planted for the years 2015 to 2017.
|
Grant and Premium Categories (GPC) |
Forestry Programme Target |
Actual Planted Area (ha) |
% of Target |
Forestry Programme Target |
Actual Planted Area (ha) |
% of Target |
Forestry Programme Target |
Actual Planted Area (ha) |
% of Target |
|
|
2015 |
2015 |
2015 |
2016 |
2016 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 |
2017 |
|
Overall target |
6,000 |
6,293 |
104.88 |
6,660 |
6,500 |
97.60 |
7,140 |
5,536 |
77.54 |
|
GPC 1 - 8 |
5,440 |
6,155 |
113.14 |
5,990 |
6,340 |
105.84 |
6,165 |
5,262 |
85.35 |
|
Native Woodland |
450 |
134 |
29.78 |
450 |
159 |
35.33 |
450 |
269 |
59.78 |
|
Agro-forestry |
10 |
0 |
0.00 |
20 |
1 |
5.00 |
25 |
5 |
20.00 |
|
Forestry for fibre |
100 |
0 |
0.00 |
200 |
0 |
0.00 |
500 |
0 |
0.00 |
