(Limerick West) asked the Minister for Agriculture the average income of full time farmers for each of the years 1981 to 1984 inclusive as distinct from the income of farm families.
Written Answers. - Farmer Incomes.
59.
There are no official figures available of the average income of full time farmers as distinct from the income of farm families.
60.
(Limerick West) asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will give all figures involved in arriving at the results presented in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 27 June 1985 regarding income values of farmers.
The average family farm income figures given in my reply to Question No. 27 of 27 June, were calculated using the following data:
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Income from self-employment* and |
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|
other trading income |
Family Farm** Workers |
Consumer Price* Index |
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£m |
(000's) |
1981 = 100 |
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|
1981 |
769.7 |
172 |
100 |
|
1982 |
946.9 |
168 |
117.1 |
|
1983 |
1,079.0 |
163 |
129.3 |
|
1984 |
1,206.9** |
159 |
140.4 |
*Central Statistics Office.
**Department of Agriculture estimate.