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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 23 Nov 1972

Vol. 263 No. 13

Written Answers. - Forestry Acreage.

250.

asked the Minister for Lands the percentage of Irish land under forestry each year for the past ten years.

The required information is set out below:—

Statement showing percentage of land under Forestry.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

£

£

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

£

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.

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