Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of hectares of hardwoods which were harvested and sold by Coillte in the past five years. [8473/06]

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of hectares of hardwoods which were planted by Coillte in the past five years; the areas in which they were planted; and the native trees which were sown. [8474/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together.

The number of hectares of hardwoods which were harvested and sold by Coillte in the past five years are outlined in the table below.

Coillte's policy towards the management of broad-leaved trees is to prolong the rotation to a maximum through planned thinning and understorey regeneration.

In the same period, Coillte has planted over 3,000 hectares of broad-leaved trees. The details are outlined in the following table.

The native trees sown in the period were predominantly ash, oak, alder, birch and rowan. Minor quantities of hazel, scots pine, maple, whitethorn and wild cherry were also used. Other broadleaves such as beech and sycamore were also sown.