Farm Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2019

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Ceisteanna (473)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

473. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender breakdown of the number of farmers availing of farm payments (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The information requested is not readily available.  

A further reply will issue to the Deputy as soon as possible.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 473, Ref. No.16125/19, regarding the gender breakdown of the number of farmers availing of farm payments in each of the years 2012 to 2018 for the schemes identified.

Please find the data in the following tables. Please note that the figures provided relate only to the gender breakdown for individual scheme participants that have received payments under the schemes identified. There are categories of scheme participants for which the gender breakdown is not applicable, for example Companies, Partnerships, etc, and these are not reflected in the information provided.

Scheme	Single Payment Scheme			Basic Payment Scheme
Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Male	106,613	105,812	106,489	107,646	102,709	101,248	99,332
Female	14,918	14,947	15,420	15,412	14,457	14,363	14,149
Total	121,531	120,759	121,909	123,058	117,166	115,611	113,481

Scheme	GLAS 1				GLAS 2			GLAS 3
Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2016	2017	2018	2017	2018
Male	20,588	20,395	20,106	19,914	8,848	8,727	8,646	10,311	10,207
Female	2,619	2,563	2,534	2,514	1,170	1,153	1,140	1,443	1,426
Total	23,207	22,958	22,640	22,428	10,018	9,880	9,786	11,754	11,633

Scheme	Organic Farming Scheme
Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Male	267	585	596	1,140	1,173	938	1,188
Female	107	139	147	237	247	209	182
Total	374	724	743	1,377	1,420	1,147	1,370

Scheme	National Reserve Scheme
Year	2015	2016	2017	2018
Male	3,113	No Scheme	466	343
Female	737	No Scheme	111	81
Total	3,850	No Scheme	577	424

Scheme	Young Farmer Scheme
Year	2015	2016	2017	2018
Male	3,687	3,561	3,512	3,394
Female	879	882	885	819
Total	4,566	4,443	4,397	4,213