Written answers
Tuesday, 4 July 2006
Department of An Taoiseach
Farmer Numbers
12:00 pm
Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)
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Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach the number of farmers in County Meath at 30 June for each of the years 2002 to 2006 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/06]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The exact information requested by the deputy is not available. The Farm Structure Survey provides regional estimates and the following table shows figures for the combined Mid-East & Dublin regions on 1 June 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2003 (the latest year currently available).
| Number of farms in the combined Mid-East & Dublin regions — June 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2003 | |
| Year | Farms |
| 1995 | 11,700 |
| 1997 | 11,100 |
| 2000* | 10,500 |
| 2003 | 10,100 |
| * June 2000 Census of Agriculture figure. |
The combined Mid-East & Dublin regions comprise counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow and Dublin County Borough, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. Figures at county level are available from the 2000 Census of Agriculture. There were 4,500 farms in County Meath on 1 June 2000.
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