Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken efforts to measure the average percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser in each of the past five years; and if so, if he will provide such statistics. [53057/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) monitors trends in prices paid by farmers for purchases of goods and services, including fertilisers.

The fertiliser year is 1^stOctober to 30^thof September. The table below shows the latest full year CSO relative price index for fertilisers since 2015. As can be seen from the data there have been significant fluctuations in the price of fertiliser over the period.

Annual Fertiliser Price Index 2015-2021

Source: CSO; Base Year 2015=100

Fertiliser prices rose significantly over the 2022 fertiliser year as shown in the table below.

Source: CSO.

Overall, there has been 90% increase in fertilisers price between October 2021 and August 2022. The percentage increase differs between fertilising products.

Finally, the following table sets out, in very general terms, the approximate price of the most common types of fertiliser based on analysis by my Department.