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asked the Minister for Lands the plans under consideration by the Forestry Division of his Department to expand planting operations in County Westmeath; and if, in view of the economic circumstances of many people there, he will secure that the maximum possible area is planted, so as to provide employment at productive work for the people in their own county, and help prevent emigration.
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asked the Minister for Lands the plans under consideration by the Forestry Division of his Department to expand planting operations in County Longford; and if, in view of the economic circumstances of many people there, he will secure that the maximum possible area is planted, so as to provide employment at productive work for the people in their own county, and help prevent emigration.
With your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 and 43 together.
Planting operations undertaken by the Forestry Division of my Department in the Counties of Longford and Westmeath are governed, as in other counties, by the total area planted and the plantable reserve available. So far as possible within that framework planting must proceed on an orderly and regular basis to avoid significant fluctuations in employment.
