Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of new entrants to farming each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24410/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not recorded by my Department or by the Central Statistics Office. My Department has figures on the number of young trained farmers who received "Installation Aid" under the Scheme for Installation Aid. These are as follows for the years 1990 to 2005.

It should be borne in mind that these figures are not equivalent to figures for new entrants into farming.