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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 10 Apr 1951

Vol. 125 No. 3

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Forestry Department's Activities.

asked the Minister for Lands if he will state (a) the gross amounts expended by his Department in the working of the sawmills at Dundrum, County Tipperary, and (b) the income derived from the mills during each of the years 1940 to 1950, inclusive.

asked the Minister for Lands if he will state (a) the number of men employed and (b) the annual sum paid in wages at the sawmills and on the forestry division's lands adjoining Dundrum, County Tipperary, during each of the years 1940 to 1950, inclusive.

asked the Minister for Lands if he will state (a) the number of acres of timber cut and (b) the number of acres of trees planted at the forestry division's lands at Dundrum, County Tipperary, during each of the years 1940 to 1950, inclusive.

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I will take together Questions Nos. 36, 37 and 38.

The replies in these cases are in the form of a tabular statement which I will have circulated in the Official Report.

The statement is as follows:—

The gross amounts expended in, and the income derived from, Dundrum Sawmills, are as follows:—

Financial Year

Expenditure

Receipts

£

£

1940-41

1,160

1,480

1941-42

1,210

2,258

1942-43

1,630

3,423

1943-44

1,640

2,881

1944-45

2,000

2,772

1945-46

1,940

2,891

1946-47

1,680

2,637

1947-48

1,880

2,887

1948-49

2,840

*1,252

1949-50

5,100

5,582

1950-51

12,000

*452

Exact figures are not readily available, but those given are close approximations.

The receipts do not include value of produce used in the Department's own work.

*In these years the mill was not in full production as it was being rebuilt and new machinery installed.

The number of men employed and the annual sum paid in wages are as follows:—

Financial Year

Average No. of Men employed

Amount paid in wages

Sawmill

Forest

Sawmill

Forest

£

£

1940-41

5

11

1,063

838

1941-42

4

11

1,014

806

1942-43

9

18

1,289

1,645

1943-44

9

22

1,393

2,501

1944-45

9

20

1,637

2,420

1945-46

10

18

1,543

1,689

1946-47

10

20

1,283

2,048

1947-48

9

20

1,177

2,451

1948-49

9

19

1,451

3,398

1949-50

8

23

3,186

3,424

1950-51

11

26

2,755

4,428

The acreage on which timber was felled and trees planted is as follows:—

Areas Felled

Areas Thinned

Areas Planted

Acres

Acres

Acres

1940-41

4

34¼

1941-42

15¾

72

21

1942-43

54

150

17

1943-44

9

150

10

1944-45

154½

91¾

1945-46

30

118½

24½

1946-47

59

33½

1947-48

8

176

23¼

1948-49

15¼

38

21

1949-50

184¼

1950-51

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