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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 18 Apr 1996

Vol. 464 No. 2

Written Answers. - Afforestation Levels.

John Ellis

Ceist:

28 Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the area of land planted in each year since 1990; and the estimated area in each county. [7758/96]

The information requested set out in the following table, which I am circulating to Deputies shows separately the levels of afforestation, reforestation and the overall total areas planted in each year 1990-95. Information relating to afforestation for the private and the public sectors combined on a county basis is also provided therein. Information is not at present available relating to reforestation on a county basis.

Total planting increased to almost 29,000 hectares in 1995 from nearly 19,500 hectares in 1990, an increase in percentage terms of 48 per cent. I am delighted to see present planting levels now almost achieving the 30,000 hectares per annum target set out by the Government.
Afforestation, the main element of planting, has steadily increased from nearly 16,000 hectares in 1990 to almost 24,000 hectares in 1995, an increase of 50 per cent. The table also shows that in 1995, the highest level of this new planting occured in counties Donegal, Tipperary, Kerry and Cork.
Reforestation, the other main element of planting, remained at an average of approximately 4,000 hectares over the years to 1994 with an increase in 1995 to over 5,000 hectares.
Following is the table:
Afforestation 1990-1995 (Hectares)

County

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Carlow

93

112

117

138

106

87

Cavan

270

464

378

343

246

380

Clare

1,456

1,482

1,301

1,793

1,488

1,440

Cork

1,490

1,787

1,239

1,674

1,715

1,941

Donegal

1,183

1,632

1,545

1,115

1,323

2,544

Dublin

33

86

40

87

111

205

Galway

1,409

1,466

1,412

1,573

1,618

1,327

Kerry

1,656

2,165

1,249

1,208

1,791

2,056

Kildare

156

162

87

157

70

323

Kilkenny

328

540

649

643

664

943

Laois

372

557

563

537

943

1,037

Leitrim

345

695

846

555

207

431

Limerick

467

669

498

358

616

1,399

Longford

86

219

256

153

322

137

Louth

37

14

41

34

11

15

Mayo

2,027

1,586

1,006

1,079

1,840

1,199

Meath

19

25

77

94

338

288

Monaghan

37

130

88

151

174

60

Offaly

420

766

559

562

655

865

Roscommon

670

712

1,096

481

841

540

Sligo

519

847

567

209

333

543

Tipperary

1,120

1,353

942

1,056

1,738

2,184

Waterford

458

652

646

770

796

1,527

Westmeath

124

170

257

435

388

1,079

Wexford

166

198

339

266

333

296

Wicklow

880

658

900

527

792

862

Total

15,817

19,147

16,700

15,998

19,459

23,710

Reforestation 1990-1995 (Hectares)

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Total

3,682

4,003

3,928

4,421

4,096

5,247

Overall total planting 1990-1995 (Hectares)

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Total

19,499

23,150

20,628

20,419

23,555

28,957

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