Livestock Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2019

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Ceisteanna (426)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

426. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 29 March 2018, the latest data, excluding land used for tillage farming; and the number of farmers in each band of the range for the average BPS value per hectare. [17282/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded directly to him at the earliest opportunity.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

The information requested is set out in the following table.

Please note that the information provided is collated in a different manner to that provided under the previous Parliamentary Question of March 2018.  As confirmed with your office by email correspondence, the attached information excludes all tillage land whereas the previous Parliamentary Question excluded tillage farmers.  This distinction is important in comparing the two sets of data.  It should also be noted, that removing all tillage land from calculations relating to livestock units per hectare can lead to this figure being skewed upwards in certain cases.

I trust that the information set out herein is of assistance.

Range of BPS Values Per Hectare:	Livestock Unit Per Hectare:	Number of farmers per band:
0-100	0.49	16,561
100-200	1.17	66,458
200-300	1.74	29,750
300-400	1.86	5,507
400-500	1.93	1,638
500-600	1.73	727
600-700	1.77	436
700-800	1.57	303
800-900	2.18	232
900-1000	1.55	153
>1000	1.51	1,825