asked the Minister for Fisheries the total amount of persons employed in the forestry service of his Department on 31st December, 1974, 1975 and 1976, and on 31st March, 1977, in each of the following forests in County Kerry: Killarney, Kilgarvan, Kenmare and Templenoe.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Templenoe is not a State forest: it is a parish in the Kenmare area.