Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2024
574. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people excluded from receiving the climate action performance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/24]
View answerThe Climate Action Performance Payment, totalling €5,000 per hectare, will be paid in three instalments to grant-aided ash forest owners who clear their sites and replant through either a previous Ash Dieback Reconstitution Scheme or the current Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023 to 2027.
Almost 16,000 hectares of ash forests were grant aided by the Department from 1990. All of these forest owners are eligible to avail of a reconstitution scheme and a Climate Action Performance Payment.
