Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 April 2024
102. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area of tillage land in the State, in hectares; the number of tillage farms; and the average farm size, in hectares. [16912/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraAnnually farmers are required to submit an application in support of area-based payments such as the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) and other associated area-based schemes such as Protein Aid and the ECO scheme.
In 2023, a total of 126,429 area-based applications were received by my Department. On these applications a total of 365,860.92 hectares was claimed as tillage crops. 15,917 herds claimed at least one parcel with a tillage crop. The average farm size for these herds with at least one tillage crop was 61.04 hectares.
