Farm Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2018

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Questions (717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724)

Michael Moynihan

Question:

717. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Cork in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30466/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

718. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Cork in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30467/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

719. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Kerry in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30468/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

720. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Kerry in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30469/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

721. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Clare in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

722. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Clare in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30471/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

723. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Limerick in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30472/18]

Michael Moynihan

Question:

724. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers in County Limerick in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/18]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

I propose to take Questions Nos. 717 to 724, inclusive, together.

The following table provides the number of dairy herds in each of the counties of Clare, Cork, Limerick and Kerry for the year 2018, as provided by my Department's Animal Health Computer System. Similar data is not available for 2008.

	Clare	Cork	Limerick	Kerry
2018	596	4226	1590	1477

Further information on farm structures is available from the Central Statistics Office, particularly the CSO Farm Structures Survey 2016, which was published earlier this year, and is available at the following link.