asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the ratio of agricultural advisers employed by the county committees of agriculture and his Department to the number of farm holdings in the State.
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The ratio is approximately one adviser to 500 holdings of over ten acres.
How does that ratio compare with that existing in other EEC countries?
I cannot answer the supplementary question because I do not know what the position is.
Is there any provision under the Common Agricultural Fund to provide more information and more instructors for areas?
None that I am aware of.