Asked Agriculture
Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that at a recent forest service training day in Killaloe, County Clare, the forest service representative stated that the new protocol or procedure for assessing and measuring peat-oregano mineral soil was trialled on 25 sites across Ireland prior to it being implemented as department policy and procedure, if he will detail, in tabular form, the counties in which the 25 sites are located; the dates on which the trial took place, per county; and the results of the trial, per site, detailing the areas plantable with FT 11 and 12, the areas plantable that did not require additional drainage, the areas unplantable due to the requirement for additional drainage, the areas plantable with all other forest types, per site, that did not need additional drainage, the time spent doing the trial on each site and all other details derived from the trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49359/23]