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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 5 May 1987

Vol. 372 No. 4

Written Answers. - County Cork Land Acquisition.

78.

asked the Minister for Energy the amount of land acquired by his Department in County Cork each year from 1980 to 1987 inclusive; and the average price paid per acre.

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement.

Year

Plantable Area in Acres

Average Price per Plantable Acre

£

1980

911

165

1981

1,784

334

1982

677

293

1983

608

296

1984

603

463

1985

1,561

367

1986

1,710

369

The total plantable area acquired in Co. Cork in the first quarter of 1987 was 109 acres. The average prices payable in any year are influenced by the timber production potential of the different acreages purchased.

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