asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the present ceiling price per acre for land acquisition for forestry purposes and the date on which it was fixed.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price of Forestry Land.
It would be contrary to precedent for me to make a statement regarding price-limits in the acquisition of land for forestry purposes.
The price to be paid for every block of suitable land offered to my Department is determined by reference to the potentialities of the land for timber production as ascertained by inspection on the ground. The scale of land-values in departmental use has a normal upper limit but the limit is not absolute and its publication would tend to create a false impression that it was a standard price operating irrespective of the quality of the land.