Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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1742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recognised young trained farmers in the State. [45274/25]

Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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1743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recognised young trained farmers in the State in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [45275/25]

Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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1744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who gained young trained farmer recognition in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [45276/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1742, 1743 and 1744 together.

There are educational requirements in place to qualify for certain taxation measures administered by the Revenue Commissioners and some of my Department’s schemes. A person is deemed to meet the educational requirements for “Trained Farmer” status if they hold an approved qualification.

There are multiple providers, including public and private providers, that offer qualifications meeting Trained Farmer status. While there is a register of such qualifications, there is no central register of individual young, trained farmers.

However, Teagasc is one of main bodies providing the educational qualifications for young, trained farmer status and the following is a breakdown of their awards 2019- 2025. 

Teagasc Trained Farmer Awards 2019 to 2025

CAP 2015-2022 – Young Farmers Scheme