Forestry (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 04/07/2017
[Written Answers] Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. The matter was raised with Coillte who advise that the company invests mor...

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 04/07/2017
[Written Answers]...the proportion of expenditure that is invested in the public amenities of the various public parks managed by Coillte; if there are publically available strategic plans regarding the management of these resources and amenities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. N...

Agriculture - Forestry sector - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers]...further to the announcement in February 2017 of an initiative (details supplied) to purchase forestry, if the land in question was already privately owned; if public land was made available or if it will be made available for a company to buy under this deal; and if he will make ...

Agriculture - Forestry sector - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers] My Department is not involved in the initiative referenced by the Deputy. Therefore, I am not in a position to comment on their current or future intentions. I can say however, that Coillte has not and do not have any current plans to sell land to the company concerned. This in...

Agriculture - Forestry sector - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to introduce legislation in order that all environmental guidelines including those relating to water quality will apply to afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 223 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Forestry sector - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers] The Forestry Act 2014(the Act), which was commenced on the 24 May 2017, already includes provisions regarding the protection of the environment, creating closer integration with the Habitats Directive, the Water Framework Directive, the EIA Directive and transposing legislation. U...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will make the 10% reforestation figure for broadleaves mandatory; his plans to raise this level in order to ensure that more native broadleaf tree species are planted here; his further plans to introduce measures to incentivise the planting of native broadleaf species over ...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers] My Department's plans to increase broadleaf planting and in particular to increase native woodlands is currently being undertaken within the context of the midterm review of the Forestry Programme 2014 - 2020. In March 2017 a public call for submissions was made to look at how the...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to introduce a limit on the planting of the non native Sitka spruce here in view of its documented negative environmental impacts; his further plans to introduce incentives for the planting of trees which do not have such harmful effects on ecology and biodiversity; and...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers] My Department’s afforestation scheme comprises 12 different planting options, from commercial Sitka spruce to native woodland to agroforestry.These options can be applied for side-by-side within the same application, to create a farm forest that serves several functions, e.g. fores...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will consider making commercial forestry plantations here subject to independent oversight by An Taisce, Inland Fisheries Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 224 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and ...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 28/06/2017
[Written Answers] My Department's Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme includes a number of measures that ensure that afforestation is carried out on appropriate sites, and that any environmental considerations that might exist are taken into account. Where specific environmental considerations a...

Agriculture - Afforestation - programme

Sitting date: 27/06/2017
[Written Answers]...the appeal process available to a person dissatisfied regarding the issuance of a contract (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 431 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Afforestation - programme

Sitting date: 27/06/2017
[Written Answers] An application, the subject matter of this Parliamentary Question, was received under the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme in October 2016. The application was referred to the Forest Service District Inspector and the consultation bodies: An Taisce, National Parks and Wildli...

Agriculture - Ash dieback - threat of spread of disease

Sitting date: 27/06/2017
[Written Answers]...when he expects the policies and procedures with respect to ash dieback disease to be updated and operational; his plans regarding the reconstitution grant available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 430 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Ash dieback - threat of spread of disease

Sitting date: 27/06/2017
[Written Answers] Chalara or Ash Dieback disease is a disease of ash trees caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The first confirmed finding of the disease in Ireland was made on October 2012 at a forestry plantation site in Co. Leitrim which had been planted in 2009 with trees imported fro...

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 27/06/2017
[Written Answers]...if Coillte can offer lands for sale and particularly wind farm lands; the process for such sales; the person that would authorise such sales; if he is required to sign off on or give permission for such sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 433 to Minist...

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 27/06/2017
[Written Answers] Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate and land transactions, are the responsibility of the company. The matter was raised with Coillte who advise that C...

Agriculture - Afforestation - programme

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers] Under the current Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 a single premium rate for farmers and non-farmers was introduced as part of my Department’s redesigned afforestation scheme. This means that all applicants, apart from public bodies, are eligible for the same annual premium payment. ...

Agriculture - Afforestation - programme

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to change the premium payments for afforestation to ensure that full time farmers receive a higher rate payment than persons that are not dependent on farming for an income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 42 to Minister for Agriculture, Food an...

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers] My most recent meeting with Coillte was on 10 April 2017 in Macroom, Co. Cork, at the launch of Coillte Premium Partners’, Coillte’s new private forestry partnership product. I met with both the Chairman of the Coillte Board, Mr. John Moloney, and the company’s CEO, Mr. Fergal Leam...

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers]...when he last met with Coillte; if he will report on the discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 15 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 179 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers] Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. This matter was, however, raised with Coillte who advise that Coillte f...

Agriculture - Forestry sector - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers] The drafting of the Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 included the production of a Natura Impact Statement and subsequent appropriate assessment, and this process concluded that the programme did not pose a threat to the integrity of the Natura 2000 network. In parallel to this, a Str...

Agriculture - Forestry sector - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers]...the details of impact assessments that his department has carried out with regard to the 2014 to 2020 forestry programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 14 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers] Planting targets for the next four years are set out under the Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020. The programme which represents almost €0.5 billion in State funding, aims to establish almost 44,000 hectares of new forests during this period. In 2015 and 2016 the total area planted wa...

Agriculture - Management - issues relating to

Sitting date: 22/06/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to increase forest cover across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 39 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 20/06/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the sale of a holiday complex (details supplied); the estimated completion time for works; the timeframe for it to open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 1651 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Agriculture - Coillte Teoranta - issues relating to

Sitting date: 20/06/2017
[Written Answers] Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate and land transactions, are the responsibility of the company. The matter was, however, raised with Coillte who adv...