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Forestry Sector

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Questions (1028, 1029)

Jackie Cahill

Question:

1028. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the country under afforestation as of 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11890/21]

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Jackie Cahill

Question:

1029. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the country under afforestation by county as of 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/21]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1028 and 1029 together.

My Department produces the National Forest Inventory (NFI), the most recent of which, carried out in 2017, shows that 11% of the country is afforested. The table below shows the forest area sand non-forest area in each county and the percentage forest cover, which is extracted from the NFI.

County

Forest Area (ha)

Non-Forest Area (ha)

Total County Area (ha)

Forest Cover (%)

Carlow

8,403

81,225

89,627

9.4

Cavan

18,032

175,510

193,542

9.3

Clare

55,106

264,668

319,773

17.2

Cork

90,020

656,549

746,569

12.1

Donegal

55,534

430,084

485,618

11.4

Dublin

6,011

86,555

92,566

6.5

Galway

60,605

551,824

612,429

9.9

Kerry

57,540

417,460

475,000

12.1

Kildare

10,396

159,140

169,536

6.1

Kilkenny

19,825

186,513

206,337

9.6

Laois

26,462

145,539

172,001

15.4

Leitrim

30,061

128,948

159,009

18.9

Limerick

27,933

240,624

268,557

10.4

Longford

9,160

99,969

109,129

8.4

Louth

2,428

80,131

82,559

2.9

Mayo

51,325

508,438

559,763

9.2

Meath

13,326

220,881

234,207

5.7

Monaghan

5,997

123,547

129,545

4.6

Offaly

29,332

170,771

200,103

14.7

Roscommon

28,311

226,489

254,800

11.1

Sligo

20,980

162,690

183,670

11.4

Tipperary

50,241

375,214

425,455

11.8

Waterford

26,949

156,864

183,813

14.7

Westmeath

15,163

168,787

183,950

8.2

Wexford

14,620

221,269

235,889

6.2

Wicklow

36,262

166,401

202,663

17.9

Nationally

770,020

6,206,092

6,976,112

11.0

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