John Deasy
Question:212. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of privately owned forests, by county, here. [31157/13]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013
212. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of privately owned forests, by county, here. [31157/13]
View answerThe following table shows the number of private forests by county that received grant-aid from my Department during the period 1980 to 2012. It is not possible to provide data for the total number of private forests as no information exists on the non-grant-aided private estate.
County |
Number of Forests |
Carlow |
230 |
Cavan |
761 |
Clare |
2,264 |
Cork |
3,170 |
Donegal |
1,242 |
Dublin |
86 |
Galway |
1,520 |
Kerry |
2,503 |
Kildare |
399 |
Kilkenny |
939 |
Laois |
624 |
Leitrim |
1,002 |
Limerick |
1,253 |
Longford |
545 |
Louth |
82 |
Mayo |
1,913 |
Meath |
441 |
Monaghan |
279 |
Offaly |
811 |
Roscommon |
1,259 |
Sligo |
898 |
Tipperary |
1,782 |
Waterford |
805 |
Westmeath |
554 |
Wexford |
704 |
Wicklow |
654 |
Total |
26,720 |