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Dáil Éireann - Volume 373 - 09 June, 1987

Written Answers. - Connaught Afforestation.

Mr. Kenny Mr. Kenny

117. Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Energy the acreage of land planted by his Department in each county in Connaught since 1981 and the acreage held in each county that has not yet been planted.

Minister for Energy (Mr. R. Burke) Minister for Energy (Mr. R. Burke)

Minister for Energy (Mr. R. Burke): The information requested is as follows:

Acreage of Afforestation in Connaught since 1981.

Year	Galway	Leitrim	Mayo	Roscommon	Sligo	Total
1981	2,099	214	3,416	240	358	6,327
1982	1,944	411	3,278	364	150	6,147
1983	1,568	595	3,688	96	255	6,202
1984	1,913	393	3,093	195	425	6,019
1985	1,883	279	3,034	396	121	5,713
1986	1,556	702	2,575	162	327	5,322
Total	10,963	2,594	19,084	1,453	1,636	35,730

Nominal Plantable Reserve of Land (in acres) at 31 December 1986.

Galway	Leitrim	Mayo	Roscommon	Sligo	Total
1,330	620	8,080	85	570	10,685*

*Includes lands which for various reasons (e.g. land subject to grazing and turbary rights or sale/exchange proceedings) are not immediately available for planting.

Dáil Éireann 373 Written Answers. Connaught Afforestation.

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