Agriculture Industry
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-25
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

In 2011, 73,000 people declared their occupation to be farmers. In 2016, this had fallen to approximately 69,000 people who declared their occupation to be farmers. In the 2022 census, this had fallen again to 61,000 people who declared their occupation to be farmers. This is an 11% decrease and an acceleration in the number of people who are no longer self-identifying as a farmer because farming is becoming a smaller element of their occupation. I want to get the up-to-date numbers for where we are at with farming at the moment.

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Sitting date: 2024-04-25