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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 12 Mar 1936

Vol. 60 No. 15

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Division of Lands.

asked the Minister for Lands if he will state in respect of each county the total number of persons provided by the Land Commission with new agricultural holdings on the division of untenanted land during the year 1935 and the total amount of land included in such holdings.

The reply is in the form of a tabular statement, which will be circulated in the Official Report.

LAND ACTS, 1923-33.

Statement showing, by Counties, the Number of Persons provided by the Land Commission with New Holdings on the division of untenanted land in the Calendar Year 1935, and the Total Area included in such Holdings:—

COUNTY

No. of New Holdings

Area(acres)

ULSTER (3 Counties):

Cavan

11

194

Donegal

60

1,739

Monaghan

17

334

LEINSTER:

Carlow

11

182

Dublin

40

667

Kildare

280

8,102

Kilkenny

20

341

Leix

84

2,485

Longford

25

436

Louth

21

595

Meath

384

7,971

Offaly

151

2,193

Westmeath

72

1,532

Wexford

6

129

Wicklow

4

44

CONNACHT:

Galway

231

9,069

Leitrim

16

258

Mayo

178

2,754

Roscommon

219

4,351

Sligo

69

2,732

MUNSTER:

Clare

108

1,639

Cork

24

600

Kerry

24

287

Limerick

86

1,757

Tipperary

279

4,646

Waterford

4

223

TOTAL

2,424

55,260

NOTE.—The figures in the Statement are approximate, as the detailed records for the year 1935 are not yet entirely complete. It has not been practicable to segregate occasional allotments of accommodation and turbary plots from agricultural holdings proper.

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