More than €6.1 million has been allocated to Clare under the Forestry Programme since 2015.
New figures released to the Oireachtas show funding has dropped in recent years, with just over €237,000 given to this county’s forestry areas last year.
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The Department of Agriculture’s records show Clare has around twice the area of conifers than broadleave land under the scheme.
More than €4.3 million was allocated to forestry areas nationwide under the initiative in 2022.
