Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016
726. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Coillte Teoranta owns or rents woodland at Curraheen Hill, Curraghdobbin Hill, Newtown and associated townlands of Macreary, Rathclarish, Poulmaleen, Ballinurra, Lisadobber and Ahenny in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23795/16]
View answerCoillte is the national state forestry company, which was established in 1989, pursuant to the Forestry Act 1988, at which time the bulk of the State’s forest properties were vested in the company.
Coillte has advised that the company owns the following woodlands at or in the vicinity of the townlands of Curraheen, Newtown, Macreary, Rathclarish, Poulmaleen, Ballinurra, Lisadobber and Ahenny in County Tipperary, from east to west:
- Ahenny property on Carrigadoon Hill
- Curraghdobbin property on Curraghdobbin Hill, and
- Glenbower property bordering the N76 National Secondary Road, and that all three of these properties are in Slievenamon Forest.
I understand that there are also a number of non-Coillte owned woodlands in this area.
