Funds sought for forestry owners hit by Storm Darwin, in 2014
Mr Hayes was speaking at the official opening of the Marl Bog Wood recreational area in Dundrum, Co Tipperary — where nearly 25% of the 200-acre forestry was badly damaged in Storm Darwin, in February 2014.
Damage from winter storms in 2013/2014 is estimated at less than 1% nationally, but damage was extensive at local level, and worst in the south and midlands, where substantial quantities of timber were blown over.
A taskforce, chaired by Mr Hayes, and comprising relevant forestry stakeholders, has assessed the damage.
