asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will furnish information on land utilisation in 1948, 1958, 1968 and 1978 or the nearest year in each case indicating the approximate number of acres of (a) arable land, (b) margina land, (c) "other land", including (i) mountains, (ii) industrial peat land, (iii) other peat lands and blanket bog, (iv) fen or marsh land, and (v) other waste land
Written Answers. - Land Utilisation.
107.
The data available in my Department does not enable me to furnish the detailed information sought by the Deputy. However, the Statistical Abstract gives figures for land usage for the years 1948, 1958, 1968 and 1975 and, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I will circulate these with the Official Report.
Following are the figures:
|
Total Crops and Pasture '000 acres |
Other Land '000 acres |
|
|
1948 |
11,574 |
5,450 |
|
1958 |
11,655 |
5,369 |
|
1968 |
11,868 |
5,155 |
|
1975 |
11,589 |
5,434 |
"Other land" includes woods and plantations, grazed and barren mountain, turf bog, marsh, water, roads, and so on, but a breakdown under these headings is not available.