Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 February 2018
474. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the land area in County Leitrim available for afforestation or agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/18]
View answerMy Department compiles a number of different afforestation statistics annually, which are made available on my Department's website. The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is an invaluable source of statistical information on Ireland’s forest estate.
The NFI details the forest and non-forest land for each county and 16.7% of the land in Leitrim is afforested. It is not possible to provide the percentage of agricultural land in a particular county as there is no accurate information available on the total agricultural area in each county.
