Forestry

Forestry Premiums

Landowners

Forestry is an appreciating asset, a source of income and has a positive impact on the environment.

	Forestry is an attractive land option.
	Areas for planting can be as small as 0.1 ha (broadleaves) or 1 ha (conifers).
	A-forestation grants range from 2,150 pounds/ ha to 5,300 pounds/ ha.
	Premiums range from 165 pounds/ ha to 373 / ha per annum for 20 years in the case of farmers, and from 135/ha to 145/ha per annum for 15 years in the case of non-farmers.
	All premiums are tax-free.
	Other forestry grants relate to forest roads, woodland improvement, amenity, recreational forests, nurseries, harvesting machinery, promotion and education.

Schemes are supported by the EU and under the National Development Plan 2000-2006

Forest service,

Department of The Marine and Natural Resources
Johnstown Castle Estate,
Co. Wexford.
Tel:(053) 60200 Lo Call: 1890 200 223 Fax:(053) 43834/5/6

June 2001

30% INCREASE ON FORESTRY GRANTS AND PREMIUMS

	fARM Partnership earn a tax free income from your land.
	Private planting we plant and manage your forest for you.
	Land Purchase realise the value of your property.
	Pension & Saving Scheme a new kind of pension offered in association with FBD Investment Services.

Freephone 1800 200 728

No Eco-Label for Coillte

The State forestry company, Coillte, failed to secure an international eco-label for its forests last month, according to a report in the current issue of Releafing Ireland magazine. "An eco-label assures consumers that the timber they buy comes from well-managed forests and not from intensively- managed forests or indiscriminate logging operations," writes Coilin MacLochlainn in the Crann publications.

Irish times 31 March 01

An English certification company, SGS Qualifor, listed 19 faults with the way Coillte manages our public forests. These included failure to consult adequately with the public and respond to grievances, failure to protect features of biodiversity value, inadequate management plans for its forestry, and failure to meet targets for planting native spiecies.

Coillte private Forestry, planting offers you a viable option

Island centre Castleisland

	A Forestation Grant to cover costs associated with the establishment of the plantation- payment after planting.
	A Maintenance Grant to cover the costs of maintenance- payable 4 years after the date of planting.
	Annual Forest Premiums payable for a period of up to 20 years in case of farmers or up to 15 years for non farmers.