asked the Minister for Agriculture the amount of mountain land in need of reclamation.
Written Answers. - Mountain Land Reclamation.
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It is estimated that there are about 1.5 million hectares of mountain and hill land which represents some 22 per cent of our total land area.
Much of this land is probably in need of some degree of reclamation but it is not possible to give any precise estimate of the area which would be involved.