Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who have sold land to purchase other land each year from 1997 to 2005. [17581/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1997 numbers of agricultural land transactions have been as shown in the table.

The Central Statistics Office, however, does not collect details on farmers' reasons for selling land, that is, whether it was for the purpose of purchasing other land or any other reason. I am also informed by the Revenue Commissioners that figures are not captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling estimates of the number of farmers who sold land to facilitate the purchase of other land.