asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the quantity and value of the total amount of turf cut in Saorstát Eireann during the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934; the amount in each year (1) marketed for consumption, and (2) non-marketed, and the value of the turf marketed.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Production of Turf.
According to the returns collected by the enumerators of the agricultural statistics, the quantities of turf drawn from the bog were 3,529,000 tons in the year 1931 and 3,494,000 tons in the year 1933. The information was not collected for the year 1932, and the returns for the year 1934 are not yet available. I have no official information as to the value of the turf or the amount marketed.