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Forestry Sector

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Questions (212)

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]

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The 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                     

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