Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)

Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the continuing increase in the price of farm land identified by the Central Statistics Office, which is running considerably above the level of general inflation; her views on the implications of this rise for farmers who wish to expand or persons who wish to enter farming for the first time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14185/05]

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