Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the next report of the Steering Group on Farm Household Incomes will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24603/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans to call together a further Steering Group on Farm Household Incomes. The recent introduction of the EU survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) conducted by the Central Statistics Office has assisted greatly in the collection of information on farm household income.

It should be noted that Chapter 2 of the Department's Annual Review and Outlook 2005/2006 contains comprehensive information on farm income and farm household income from different sources such as the Central Statistics Office, Teagasc's National Farm Survey, and EUROSTAT.