New forestry programme 'a lost opportunity' for farmers
The commission announced this week it had granted state aid approval to the €308m afforestation scheme.
Following the European Commission’s approval of the afforestation scheme under Ireland's new forestry programme, the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has described it as a "lost opportunity".
IFA farm forestry chairman Jason Fleming said that while the funding for the scheme is "very strong", the way the scheme is constructed "will turn many farmers off the programme".
