Bernard Durkan
Ceist:87. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2695/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 21 January 2016
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Freagraí scríofa
The latest figures from the C.S.O. Farm Structures Survey 2013 show the following:
|
Full-time and part-time farmers |
Numbers |
Percentage |
|
Total Number of Family Farms (000s) |
139. 1 |
100% |
|
Sole Occupation |
70.3 |
51% |
|
Major Occupation |
35.2 |
25% |
|
Subsidiary Occupation |
33.5 |
24% |
Source: CSO Farm Structures Survey, 2013
Sole Occupation: If an individual engaged in farmwork had no other occupation from which an income was earned, then farmwork was the sole occupation.
Major Occupation: If farmwork took up the greater part of a worker’s time, it was regarded as a major occupation.
Subsidiary Occupation: If the time spent on gainful non-farming activity exceeded that spent on farmwork then farmwork was regarded as a subsidiary occupation. Gainful non-farming activity includes paid farmwork on other farms and all other non-farming activities from which an income was obtained, whether undertaken on or off the farm.