Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 October 2018
151. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planting targets per hectare for all categories in 2017 and to date in 2018 for the Forestry Programme 2014-2020; the actual number of hectares planted in 2017 and to date in 2018 for these categories; and the number of hectares planted out of each annual target set on a percentage basis, in tabular form. [41677/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraWhile overall targets are set for planting programme as a whole, only Native Woodland, Agroforestry, and Forestry for fibre have specific planting targets and they are not set for the other Grant and Premium Categories (GPC) 1 to 8 inclusive. The relevant data is provided in tabular form as requested.
|
Scheme |
2017 target |
2017 Actual |
% of target planted |
2018 Target |
2018 Actual (Oct 2018) |
% of target planted (Oct 2018) |
|
Afforestation, ha |
7,140 |
5,536 |
78% |
7,205 |
3,297 |
46% |
|
of which afforestation(GPC 1- 8) |
6,165 |
5,261 |
85% |
6,215 |
3,049 |
49% |
|
of which NWS establishment(GPC 9&10) |
450 |
270 |
60% |
450 |
247 |
55% |
|
of which Agro-forestry (GPC 11) |
25 |
5 |
20% |
40 |
0 |
0% |
|
f which energy and fibre (GPC 12) |
500 |
0 |
0% |
500 |
1 |
0% |
