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Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forestry Sector

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of privately owned forests, by county, here. [31157/13]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below shows the number of private forests by county that received grant-aid from my Department during the period 1980 to 2012. It is not possible to provide data for the total number of private forests as no information exists on the non-grant-aided private estate.

CountyNumber of Forests
Carlow 230
Cavan 761
Clare 2,264
Cork 3,170
Donegal 1,242
Dublin 86
Galway 1,520
Kerry 2,503
Kildare 399
Kilkenny 939
Laois 624
Leitrim 1,002
Limerick 1,253
Longford 545
Louth 82
Mayo 1,913
Meath 441
Monaghan 279
Offaly 811
Roscommon 1,259
Sligo 898
Tipperary 1,782
Waterford 805
Westmeath 554
Wexford 704
Wicklow 654
Total 26,720

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