Vol. 520 No. 4
14 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will instruct the Central Statistics Office to act on the recommendation of the Agri-Food 2010 Group that the Central Statistics Office and Teagasc should ensure that information on all sources of farm household income and other information that would be useful in agricultural policy making is collected and published in order to track developments in off-farm employment among farm households. [12818/00]
The 2010 committee report was presented to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development on 24 March. It contains a considerable number of recommendations and findings. The Minister is undertaking a round of consultations with the representative organisations including the CSO and other bodies on these findings and recommendations in the period ahead. It would be inappropriate to take a definitive position on any individual proposal in the report until these consultations are completed. It is expected that the consultations will be completed by end June.
