Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 May 2017
239. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which his Department monitors the costs of farm inputs such as fertilisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21347/17]
View answerThe Central Statistics Office (CSO) monitors the price of fertilisers on a monthly basis.
Currently, Europe is only 80% self-sufficient in fertiliser production and must import 20% of its requirements. As such, European and Irish fertiliser prices are strongly linked to global prices and heavily influenced by supply and demand.
My Department monitors on an on-going basis the data on the type and quantity of fertilisers and lime sold on a Quarterly basis.
