Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector
9:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It would be interesting from a planning point of view. The numbers of farmers who are over 55 years does not tell us anything about the quantum of farming or how many are farming land. A far more relevant measure is the amount of farm land being farmed in the country that is held by people in the various age categories, rather than the number of farmers. Does Mr. O'Driscoll understand my point?
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