Forestry
Minister Martin Heydon, has announced that applications for the 2026 Reconstitution Scheme for Windblown Forests may now be made.
The €55 million Reconstitution Scheme for Windblow has been welcomed as a "vital step to get trees back on the ground".
The €55 million Reconstitution Scheme for Windblow will "boost confidence" in forestry.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is to review the site clearance costs for farmers impacted by ash dieback.
The DAFM is examining the option of providing support to forest owners with diseased Japanese larch forests through a reconstitution scheme.
Agri-Business
Over €3m has been paid out since 2013 under the Reconstitution Scheme for ash dieback, figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
