Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 19 Jun 1963

Vol. 203 No. 9

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Planting of Lands.

37.

Mr. Crinion

asked the Minister for Lands what areas of land his Department have planted in County Meath, the acreage involved, the number of men employed, the amount of land acquired recently for planting, the individual acreage of each plot of land acquired, the townland where situate, the amount of land acquired in respect of which the title remains to be cleared, the amount of land on which preliminary investigations are being carried out, the places and acreages of those investigations, when they will be developed, how many men will be employed on the development, and how many men it is anticipated will be employed with the Department when all this land is taken over.

38.

Mr. Crinion

asked the Minister for Lands what areas of land his Department have planted in County Kildare, the acreage involved, the number of men employed, the amount of land acquired recently for planting, the individual acreage of each plot of land acquired, the townland where situate, the amount of land acquired in respect of which the title remains to be cleared, the amount of land on which preliminary investigations are being carried out, the places and acreages of those investigations, when they will be developed, and how many men it is anticipated will be employed with the Department when all this land is taken over.

39.

Mr. Crinion

asked the Minister for Lands what areas of land his Department have planted in County Westmeath, the acreage involved, the number of men employed, the amount of land acquired recently for planting, the individual acreage of each plot of land acquired, the townland where situate, the amount of land acquired in respect of which the title remains to be cleared, the amount of land on which preliminary investigations are being carried out, the places and acreages of those investigations, when they will be developed, and how many men it is anticipated will be employed with the Department when all this land is taken over.

Mr. Moran

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 37, 38 and 39 together and to circulate with the Official Report a statement setting out the information required in so far as it is available and can be furnished without disproportionate expenditure of official time.

Following is the statement:

A. Acreages of Forests, Employment and Lands Acquired at State Forests in Counties Meath, Kildare and Westmeath.

County	Acreage Planted in Forests in County— position on 1/4/1963	Employment— week-ending 31/5/1963	Lands Acquired in 1962-63 (Acres)
*Meath	—	—	—
Kildare	5,932	47	835
Westmeath	4,818	51	355
TOTALS	10,750	98	1,190

*There are, technically, no forests in County Meath—a sufficiently large area has not yet been acquired in the county to enable a separate forest unit to be established there. Small areas have been acquired in the county but they are managed from forests in neighbouring counties. Records are kept on a forest basis and not on a county basis.

B. Lands on offer to the Forestry Division in Counties Meath, Kildare and Westmeath.

County	Agreement reached—title being cleared or possession pending	Other Lands on offer	Totals
Number of Cases	Acreage	Number of Cases	Acreage	Number of Cases	Acreage
Meath	8	105	46	1,027	54	1,132
Kil are	18	603	83	2,551	101	3,154
Westmeath	15	682	101	3,114	116	3,796
TOTALS	41	1,390	230	6,692	271	8,082

It would not be possible to estimate whether or when all or any of these areas will be acquired by the Department, nor can any useful estimate be made of employment potential.