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Date Last Updated: 02-02-2024

Survey Name:

Forestry Scheme Payments

Survey purpose:

This release contains an analysis of the main forestry scheme payments made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine during the period 2010 to 2022.

Legislative Basis National:

Not applicable

Legislative Basis European:

Participation in schemes is voluntary. Funding for afforestation schemes is governed under the following legal framework: European Union guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector and in rural areas 2014-2020;

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 on the application of article 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid

Periodicity:

Annual

Statistical Population:

Forestry scheme payments made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine during the period 2010 to 2022.

Sampling Frame:

Not applicable

Reference Area:

State

Time Coverage:

2010-2022

Base Period:

Not applicable

Sector Coverage:

Not applicable

Survey Size:

Not applicable

Principal Variables:

Main afforestation programme payments (€million); Forest roads payments (€million); Forest roads (kilometres)

Principal External Users:

Eurostat and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Contact Organisation:

Central Statistics Office

Business Area:

Environment Statistics

Contact Person:

Niamh Shanahan

Contact Person Function:

Statistician

Other Business Area Specialists:

Berna Lawlor, Cian Rushe

Contact email:

environment@cso.ie

Contact phone number:

(+353) 1 498 4000