Following Storm Darragh and Storm Éowyn (‘the storms’) during the winter of 2024/2025, and noting that many forests have been windblown around the country, Minister of State for Forestry, Horticulture and Farm Safety, Michael Healy-Rae, invited key stakeholders to join a Taskforce to ensure that storm-damaged forests were managed safely and appropriately, to quantify forest damage and to identify approaches to facilitate the mobilisation of wind damaged timber.

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Please refer to the article below from the Department, which outlines the Reconstitution Scheme for Windblow. It details how financial support may be made available for the reconstitution of forests damaged by storms.