Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Census of Agriculture
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of full time, part time and commercial farmers currently operating here; the extent to which the numbers in each category have fluctuated over the past ten years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56252/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Central Statistics Office’s Census of Agriculture 2010, released earlier this month, gives the most up-to-date picture in this regard as it classifies farmholders by whether farming is their Sole Occupation, a Major Occupation or Subsidiary Occupation. The table below shows this data in comparison to the previous (2000) Census of Agriculture and the intervening CSO National Farm Surveys.
2000 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census of Agriculture | CSO Farm Structures Survey | CSO Farm Structures Survey | CSO Farm Structures Survey | Census of Agriculture | Change 2000 to 2010 | |
| Sole Occupation | 78,723 | 76,800 | 73,500 | 66,300 | 75,223 | -4.45% |
| % of total | 56% | 58% | 56% | 52% | 54% | |
| Major Occupation | 19,643 | 18,600 | 19,700 | 22,400 | 20,258 | 3.13% |
| % of total | 14% | 14% | 15% | 18% | 15% | |
| Subsidiary Occupation | 42,976 | 36,800 | 37,200 | 37,700 | 44,075 | 2.56% |
| % of total | 30% | 28% | 29% | 30% | 32% | |
| All Family Farms | 141,342 | 132,200 | 130,400 | 126,400 | 139,556 | -1.26% |
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