Farm Structure Survey
The purpose of this survey is to collect data on a wide variety of agricultural variables.
The results from the farm structure survey fulfils Eurostat regulation (EU) 2018/1091 and implementing regulation 2021/2286.
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. The aggregated results from the Farm Structure Survey are published on the CSO website.
The data is used by national and international agricultural agencies, Eurostat, Government Departments and other organisations.
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 business 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 businesses to be identified. The data will be securely held for a maximum period of seven years from the date of issue of this survey and can only be used for statistical purposes.
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, Corporate Client System).
Sophie Emerson, Agriculture Surveys Section, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E.
Tel +353 (21) 4535364 or E-mail agri@cso.ie
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
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.