€79 million ash dieback scheme set to be approved

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State Pippa Hackett will bring the proposal to Cabinet this morning.

The average ash plantation is three hectares, meaning a payment of €15,000 for those landowners, in addition to grants covering the costs of clearing and re-establishing the site. Last year, a Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine report on the impact of ash dieback on growers said it should be treated as a national emergency and recommended ex gratia payments in recognition of the lack of an effective State scheme to manage the disease for many years.

The package set to be approved by Government today represents a substantial increase in payments to growers who have complained that previous schemes failed to cover clearance costs or compensate for the loss of timber crops.

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