Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020
657. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms which are not family farms; the average size of the farms; the average annual pillar 1 CAP payments received by the farms; the average annual pillar 2 CAP payments received by the farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18840/20]
View answerThe CSO Farm Structure Survey in 2016 estimated that there are 137,500 farms in Ireland, with 400 of these not classified as family farms (0.3%). The CSO defines these “Commercial Farms” as “registered as companies which paid all their workers as employees (including management) or farms connected with institutions (e.g. schools, colleges, religious communities, prisons etc.). All persons working on commercial farms are classified as regular non-family workers”.
A further breakdown of data requested by the Deputy is not available in respect of these farms.
