Dáil Éireann - Volume 230 - 26 October, 1967

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment of Forestry Workers.

Mr. Mullen Mr. Mullen

31. Mr. Mullen asked the Minister for Lands the total number of forestry workers employed in the financial years 1964-65, 1965-66, and 1966-67; the areas where redundancies amongst forestry workers have occurred; and the reasons for such redundancies.

Mr. Moran Mr. Moran

Mr. Moran: The average number of forestry workers employed in the years specified were as follows, most counties being affected by the reductions shown:

The reasons for reductions, where they occurred varied from forest to forest. The employment pattern of each forest depends on a number of factors arising from the development history of the forest—the plantable reserve, the age-structure and rate of growth of the existing plantations and the incidence of such non-recurrent work as road construction.

1858

As I have many times informed the House, a more stable pattern of forest [1858] employment can only be secured by a much improved reserve of plantable land.

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