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
|