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Survey Name

Agriculture June Survey

Survey purpose and legal basis

The purpose of the Agriculture June Survey is to compile statistics on farming activity undertaken each June. 

The June survey is a survey that is carried out annually under Section 24 of the Statistics Act, 1993. Participation in the survey is voluntary.

This survey is conducted to comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning crop statistics and Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning livestock and meat statistics.

Who uses the results?

Our results are only ever made available to the public in aggregate form and we make sure that it is impossible for individuals or farms to be identified.

The data collected in this survey will be made available to Eurostat to enable the examination of trends in the structure of agricultural holdings between Ireland and other EU Member States.

The data is used extensively by national and international agricultural agencies, Eurostat and Government Departments.

Is your personal data confidential and how long will the data be retained?

Yes. All information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The Statistics Act, 1993 sets stringent confidentiality standards. Information collected may be used only for statistical purposes, and no details related to an identifiable person or farm may be divulged to any other government department or body. 

Our results are only ever made available in aggregate form and we make sure that it is impossible for individuals or farms to be identified. The data will be securely held for a maximum period of ten years from the date of issue of this survey and can only be used for statistical purposes.

The sources and categories of your personal data, where the data has not been collected directly from you:

In addition to the data collected directly from survey respondents CSO will also make use of administrative data provided to the CSO by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Basic Payment Scheme and the Animal Identification and Movement System) and the Irish Cattle Breeding Fedaration (ICBF).

For further information on this survey, your Data Protection rights and how your data is used please contact:

Sophie Emerson, Agriculture Surveys Section, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E.

Tel +353 (21) 4535364 or E-mail agri@cso.ie

Data Protection Information:

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission. Contact details: Office of the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland.
  • The right to request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or to object to the processing of your personal data.

However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

Central Statistics Office Data Protection Officer Contact Details: