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Organic Farming

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Ceisteanna (673)

Matt Carthy

Ceist:

673. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of farmland under organic management by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/20]

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Freagraí scríofa

The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. Officials in my Department are currently collating the information requested and I will respond to the Deputy within 10 days.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
Further to parliamentary question no. 19193/20, please see the following information requested regarding the percentage of farmland under organic management by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019.
Please note that the statistics given are based on declarations made by farmers annually on the Basic Payment System and will not include any farmland under organic management for which no basic payment application is made. It is important to also clarify that the percentage of farmland under organic management by county includes land that has organic status and land which is in the process of conversion to organic status.
% of farmland under organic management

County

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Carlow

0.19%

0.19%

0.19%

0.18%

0.30%

0.32%

Cavan

2.20%

2.29%

2.23%

2.17%

2.54%

2.43%

Clare

1.45%

1.45%

1.47%

1.37%

1.43%

1.31%

Cork

1.61%

1.76%

1.65%

1.58%

1.66%

1.65%

Donegal

0.67%

0.75%

0.72%

0.81%

0.99%

0.77%

Dublin

0.41%

0.48%

0.54%

0.49%

0.91%

1.02%

Galway

1.52%

1.66%

1.50%

1.60%

1.71%

1.67%

Kerry

1.37%

1.61%

1.62%

1.62%

1.76%

1.56%

Kildare

1.14%

1.03%

0.98%

0.97%

1.26%

1.22%

Kilkenny

0.96%

1.02%

0.97%

0.99%

1.15%

1.09%

Laois

1.66%

1.81%

1.81%

1.78%

2.08%

2.13%

Leitrim

3.02%

3.26%

3.32%

3.20%

3.78%

3.39%

Limerick

2.07%

2.08%

2.09%

2.05%

2.13%

2.11%

Longford

1.41%

1.64%

1.57%

1.51%

1.60%

1.61%

Louth

0.14%

0.30%

0.29%

0.30%

0.53%

0.47%

Mayo

0.53%

0.59%

0.58%

0.53%

0.57%

0.52%

Meath

0.77%

0.75%

0.73%

0.73%

0.74%

0.73%

Monaghan

0.78%

0.81%

0.77%

0.84%

1.09%

1.03%

Offaly

1.81%

2.00%

2.05%

1.97%

2.09%

2.11%

Roscommon

4.32%

4.45%

4.44%

4.44%

4.55%

4.55%

Sligo

1.00%

1.12%

1.26%

1.25%

1.57%

1.50%

Tipperary

1.52%

1.51%

1.45%

1.42%

1.48%

1.44%

Waterford

0.78%

0.77%

0.72%

0.72%

0.79%

0.78%

Westmeath

2.31%

2.40%

2.27%

2.21%

2.20%

2.24%

Wexford

0.70%

0.68%

0.70%

0.70%

0.78%

0.80%

Wicklow

1.38%

1.48%

1.56%

1.50%

1.56%

1.49%

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