Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agriculture Industry
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current hectarage under organic production and the percentage of utilisable agricultural area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47790/23]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Organic Farming Scheme opened for applications in respect of 2023 in Autumn 2022, and there were over 2,000 new applicants, doubling the number of organic farmers in Ireland. The land area currently farmed organically amounts to approximately 180,000 hectares, or 4% of the overall land area.
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