Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 10 Oct 1984

Vol. 352 No. 8

Written Answers. - Size of Farmholdings.

696.

Mr. N. Treacy

asked the Minister for Agriculture the total number of farm-holders in the country and in each county whose acreage is (a) less than ten acres, (b) less than 20 acres, (c) less than 30 acres, (d) less than 40 acres, (e) less than 50 acres, (f) less than 60 acres, (g) less than 70 acres, (h) less than 80 acres, (i) less than 90 acres, (j) less than 100 acres, (k) less than 150 acres, (l) less than 200 acres, (m) less than 250 acres, (n) less than 300 acres, (o) less than 400 acres, (p) less than 500 acres, and (q) over 500 acres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Deasy)

The following is the latest information available on the number of holdings classified by size group and by county which was obtained from the 1980 census of agriculture and published in the March 1983 issue of the Irish Statistical Bulletin.

Numbers of Agricultural Holdings Exceeding 1 Acre, Classified by Size, in Each County and Province, June 1980.

County and Province	Above 1 and not exceeding 5 Acres	Above 5 and not exceeding 10 Acres	Above 10 and not exceeding 15 Acres	Above 15 and not exceeding 30 Acres	Above 30 and not exceeding 50 Acres	Above 50 and not exceeding 100 Acres	Above 100 and not exceeding 150 Acres	Above 150 and not exceeding 200 Acres	Above 200 and not exceeding 300 Acres	Above 300 Acres	Total
	Number of Holdings
Carlow	312	202	150	396	475	824	333	148	101	30	2,971
Dublin	759	444	257	515	375	431	159	86	78	63	3,167
Kildare	900	535	331	833	902	990	460	251	219	145	5,566
Kilkenny	589	330	245	707	1,125	1,922	826	366	238	90	6,438
Laoighis	512	381	280	797	1,005	1,495	537	270	155	59	5,491
Longford	247	360	432	1,432	1,248	961	218	70	42	17	5,027
Louth	656	591	426	894	595	629	191	99	71	44	4,196
Meath	758	829	465	1,890	1,797	1,679	602	340	300	195	8,855
Offaly	495	393	301	887	1,300	1,573	551	221	145	81	5,947
Westmeath	570	417	340	1,210	1,470	1,526	447	218	165	93	6,456
Wexford	978	579	403	931	1,263	2,203	949	409	238	89	8,042
Wicklow	590	356	236	572	666	1,124	490	223	123	109	4,489
Leinster	7,366	5,417	3,866	11,064	12,221	15,357	5,763	2,701	1,875	1,015	66,645
Clare	649	586	522	2,453	2,995	3,256	820	291	171	123	11,866
Cork	2,145	1,294	1,067	3,276	4,746	8,040	2,954	995	496	188	25,201
Kerry	1,730	1,317	1,087	3,126	3,596	4,155	1,032	330	225	204	16,802
Limerick	1,001	717	509	1,613	2,355	3,220	1,007	311	152	50	10,935
Tipperary N.R.	580	375	261	782	4,209	1,984	727	313	185	64	6,480
Tipperary S.R.	625	387	285	977	1,329	2,024	776	303	219	93	7,018
Waterford	607	296	209	501	668	1,263	666	279	200	98	4,787
Munster	7,337	4,972	3,940	12,728	16,898	23,942	7,982	2,822	1,648	820	83,089
Galway	1,144	2,064	1,743	6,089	6,737	4,376	688	207	128	130	23,306
Leitrim	224	457	727	2,794	2,119	1,371	178	38	18	12	7,938
Mayo	1,689	2,267	2,603	8,612	5,081	2,699	363	93	71	77	23,555
Roscommon	372	680	939	3,954	3,664	2,388	367	100	41	15	12,520
Sligo	432	599	809	3,036	2,139	1,512	243	66	43	33	8,912
Connacht	3,861	6,067	6,821	24,485	19,740	12,346	1,839	504	301	267	76,231
Cavan	432	698	950	3,020	2,625	1,921	341	79	33	18	10,117
Donegal	3,004	2,927	2,086	4,106	2,788	2,652	813	358	250	188	19,172
Monaghan	469	801	922	2,467	1,924	1,431	216	43	20	11	8,304
Ulster (part of)	3,905	4,426	3,958	9,593	7,337	6,004	1,370	480	303	217	37,593
Ireland	22,469	20,882	18,585	57,870	56,196	57,649	16,954	6,507	4,127	2,319	263,558