Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021
745. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that were refused a place in the organic farming scheme in 2021; the reason for refusal; if such holdings were horticultural, tillage or other; the mean, median, and mode of these holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47586/21]
View answerI am pleased to inform the deputy that no farmer has been refused a place in the Organic Farming Scheme 2021 to date. 261 approvals have already issued and 51 applicants have been contacted by my Department with regard to the information supplied by them in respect of their applications. We are awaiting correspondence from the applicants on the issues raised. Upon resolution of these issues, we will then be in a position to issue further approvals as appropriate.
