asked the Minister for Lands the amount of land acquired by the Forestry Division in the Beara peninsula, County Cork, during each of the last five years; and the number engaged in forestry operations in the peninsula each year during the same period.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cork Afforestation.
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Forest records are kept on a county and forest basis and it would not be practicable to give statistics for a particular geographic sub-region.
Forest property in the County Cork sector of the Beara peninsula forms part of Glengarriff forest. At Glengarriff forest the only land acquired during the last five years was 71½ acres all of which was acquired in 1970. The numbers engaged in forestry operations in the area were 1965-66—34 men, 1966-67—32 men, 1967-68—31 men, 1968-69, when a section of the forest and the men employed therein were transferred to another forest—22 men and 1969-70—19 men.