Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2026
829. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken efforts to measure the average percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser in each of the past ten years; and if he will provide this data to this Deputy, setting the base year of 2015 as the 100% figure [14901/26]
View answerThe Central Statistics office collate data in respect of fertiliser prices. The table below sets out the CSO Agricultural Input Price Index for the three principal types of fertilisers and covers the period 2015 to 2025. It should be noted that the table takes account of a rebasing of the index which took place in 2020, but all figures below are with reference to 2015.
|
|
Fertilisers (Overall) |
Straight fertilisers |
Compound fertilisers |
|
2015 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
2016 |
86.19 |
82.26 |
87.62 |
|
2017 |
81.47 |
77.93 |
82.21 |
|
2018 |
86.36 |
84.09 |
86.66 |
|
2019 |
90.85 |
88.63 |
91.24 |
|
2020 |
82.03 |
77.55 |
82.29 |
|
2021 |
101.76 |
102.07 |
101.14 |
|
2022 |
219.52 |
252.09 |
212.25 |
|
2023 |
153.63 |
157.99 |
152.03 |
|
2024 |
116.38 |
114.14 |
115.22 |
|
2025 |
126.41 |
128.21 |
124.23 |
In general, fertiliser prices in 2025 were c. 25% higher than in 2015 but prices experienced significant volatility during that period.
My Department has no function in terms of fertiliser prices beyond the regulatory function of ensuring products placed on the market are in keeping with the fertiliser regulatory framework and that standards such as nutrient content etc. are as described.
