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Forestry Scheme Payments 2021

Afforestation payments decreased 42% from 2010 to 2021

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CSO statistical publication, 27 June 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Main afforestation programme payments were €108.2 million in 2010 and €62.3 million in 2021.
Main afforestation programme payments were 42% lower in 2021 compared to 2010.
Forest roads payments declined from €4.2 million in 2011 to €2.9 million in 2021.
Forest roads payments covered 73 kilometres of forest roads in 2021.
Cork accounted for 13% of main afforestation programme payments in 2021.

Statistician's Comment

Niamh Shanahan, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division of the CSO, noted that: "This is the first time the CSO has published figures on forestry scheme payments. The report shows that main afforestation programme payments in 2021 was €62 million. This was a 42% decrease from the highest figure of €108 million in 2010.

County Cork had the highest afforestation programme payments in every year. Cork accounted for 13.2% of the afforestation programme payments in 2021 followed by Kerry (8.2%), Clare (7.7%), and Roscommon (5.9%).

Payments for forest roads were highest in 2011 and declined from €4.2 million for 116 kilometres in 2011 to €2.9 million for 73 kilometres in 2021. Kerry accounted for 14% of forest road payments in 2021, followed by Cork (10%) and Kilkenny (10%). The forest roads kilometres in 2021 were 62% of the forest roads kilometres covered in 2011. "

	Afforestation Programme Payments
2010	108.2
2011	103.8
2012	101.8
2013	101.8
2014	103
2015	99.3
2016	98.6
2017	94.3
2018	86.6
2019	80.4
2020	71
2021	62.3

	Afforestation Programme Payments
Carlow	0.5
Cavan	2.8
Clare	4.8
Cork	8.2
Donegal	1
Dublin	0.1
Galway	3.5
Kerry	5.1
Kildare	0.9
Kilkenny	2.2
Laois	1.2
Leitrim	3
Limerick	3
Longford	2
Louth	0.3
Mayo	3.6
Meath	1.3
Monaghan	0.7
Offaly	1.9
Roscommon	3.7
Sligo	2.1
Tipperary	3.7
Waterford	1.6
Westmeath	2
Wexford	1.6
Wicklow	1.6

Table 1 Main Afforestation Programme Payments by County 2010-2021

Table 2 Forest Roads Payments by County 2010-2021

Table 3 Forest Roads Kilometres by County 2010-2021

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Table 3 Forest Roads Kilometres by County 2010-2021
Kilometres
Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carlow	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3
Cavan	7.0	2.5	1.8	2.5	3.2	3.2	1.7	2.8	4.6	7.4	6.1	2.6
Clare	5.6	5.8	3.4	4.2	2.8	5.2	4.2	5.8	4.6	3.5	4.5	3.2
Cork	7.4	13.0	11.6	6.5	9.0	8.7	5.7	8.2	7.4	10.5	8.8	6.6
Donegal	4.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	3.0	2.7	1.8	2.1	1.6
Dublin	0.9	0.2	-	0.5	0.8	-	-	0.5	1.3	0.9	-	-
Galway	6.9	7.6	3.1	2.4	4.3	0.9	1.0	3.4	4.3	3.3	0.9	3.7
Kerry	8.7	10.7	6.0	10.9	11.8	7.8	4.1	12.3	10.6	9.7	9.7	10.2
Kildare	2.8	2.8	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.7	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.0	0.3
Kilkenny	3.8	3.8	6.9	9.0	5.7	3.6	2.2	2.8	5.7	7.1	4.2	6.5
Laois	9.7	7.9	6.4	3.8	0.7	2.2	3.2	3.7	2.3	1.3	2.6	0.8
Leitrim	4.2	6.4	2.7	5.0	6.4	2.2	1.5	1.6	2.6	5.1	7.9	1.3
Limerick	5.7	5.0	3.1	6.1	4.9	1.3	3.6	4.9	4.0	4.3	7.0	6.0
Longford	0.5	0.7	2.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	2.1	1.2	1.6	3.6	3.5	1.9
Louth	-	1.4	0.8	0.0	-	-	0.4	-	0.0	-	-	-
Mayo	2.0	3.3	3.4	2.0	3.5	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.3	2.6	2.7
Meath	0.2	1.8	1.1	2.8	0.4	2.6	1.5	1.7	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.9
Monaghan	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.9
Offaly	1.3	10.5	1.9	1.5	2.8	2.0	1.6	4.7	2.9	0.7	7.3	2.5
Roscommon	4.7	10.1	6.0	2.9	4.4	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.0	5.6	5.5	6.0
Sligo	4.9	1.3	2.3	2.8	5.4	2.7	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.6	0.8
Tipperary	8.3	8.0	5.2	7.8	6.1	7.3	10.3	8.9	3.7	6.3	6.2	4.4
Waterford	1.6	4.5	1.1	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.6	5.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	4.4
Westmeath	2.7	1.7	3.2	2.6	3.2	2.7	6.5	6.0	2.4	4.9	6.6	2.2
Wexford	1.0	2.0	1.7	0.9	1.1	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.3	2.8	2.0	2.2
Wicklow	3.0	3.4	4.7	4.5	2.1	2.1	2.3	3.7	2.5	4.8	6.2	0.7

Total	98.9	116.1	81.1	83.1	86.7	65.1	61.9	91.1	74.2	94.1	99.8	72.5

Forestry Scheme Payments 2021