asked the Minister for Lands the percentage of Irish land under forestry each year for the past ten years.
Written Answers. - Forestry Acreage.
The required information is set out below:—
Statement showing percentage of land under Forestry.
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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Year |
Area under State woods and plantations acres |
Private plantations (estimated) acres |
Total under woods and plantations acres |
Column (3) as % of total land area |
1971-72 |
574,671(a) |
90,000 |
664,671 |
3.9 |
1970-71 |
551,794 |
,, |
641,794 |
3.8 |
1969-70 |
530,902 |
,, |
620,902 |
3.6 |
1968-69 |
509,837 |
,, |
599,837 |
3.5 |
1967-68 |
489,241 |
,, |
579,241 |
3.4 |
1966-67 |
468,155 |
,, |
558,155 |
3.3 |
1965-66 |
449,992 |
,, |
539,992 |
3.2 |
1964-65 |
428,337 |
,, |
518,337 |
3.0 |
1963-64 |
405,054 |
,, |
495,054 |
2.9 |
1962-63 |
380,230 |
,, |
470,230 |
2.8 |
(a) Provisional figure
251.
asked the Minister for Lands (a) the total amount allocated for forestry each year for the past ten years (b) the total amount spent and (c) the number employed each year.
The required information is set out beneath. Statement showing total sums voted, total expenditure and numbers employed in the past ten years in respect of the Forest and Wildlife Service.
Year |
Total Forestry Vote |
Total Expenditure |
Number Employed |
£ |
£ |
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1971-72 |
6,387,000 |
6,144,322 |
4,063 |
1970-71 |
5,741,300 |
5,630,654 |
4,345 |
1969-70 |
4,597,000 |
4,337,455 |
4,395 |
1968-69 |
4,066,000 |
3,611,579 |
4,503 |
1967-68 |
3,905,000 |
3,539,307 |
4,633 |
1966-67 |
3,397,000 |
3,150,145 |
4,880 |
1965-66 |
3,606,200 |
3,198,733 |
5,396 |
1964-65 |
3,408,700 |
3,293,788 |
5,498 |
1963-64 |
3,101,300 |
2,845,159 |
5,426 |
1962-63 |
2,855,810 |
2,664,800 |
5,280 |
252.
asked the Minister for Lands (a) the total amount of land acquired for forestry each year for the past four years (b) the total amount planted and (c) the amount spent on the purchase of this land.
The required information is set out beneath:
Statement showing total area of land acquired by the Forest and Wildlife Service, total area planted and total cost of land acquired.
Year |
Land acquired acres |
Spent on purchase of Land |
Area planted acres |
|
Gross |
Productive |
£ |
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1971-72 |
37,046 |
30,650 |
449,105 |
24,926 |
1970-71 |
34,497 |
29,571 |
442,745 |
22,067 |
1969-70 |
25,128 |
20,993 |
278,094 |
21,640 |
1968-69 |
14,108 |
12,231 |
106,901 |
21,750 |
253.
asked the Minister for Lands the total acreage of land acquired for forestry for the past 12 years and afterwards sold, let or handed back to his Department for agricultural purposes.
Statistics of land disposed of by the Forest and Wildlife Service are not maintained in such a way as to make the information requested by the Deputy readily available. The extraction of the information would entail an inordinate amount of time on the part of the officers of my Department.
The Dáil adjourned at 5 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 28th November, 1972.