Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

These are the kill figures produced by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In week 23 the figure was 72,000 this year as opposed to 76,000 last year. The following week it was 76,000 this year as opposed to 80,000 last year. In another week it was 79,000 this year as opposed to 83,000 last year. The fall-off in kill is relatively low compared with last year. I accept a different type of animal might have been killed. It might be less geared towards a premium market. However, the industry was still killing substantial numbers of cattle while the State was perhaps paying large sums of money under the temporary Covid wage subsidy scheme. I would be very interested in the figures Mr. Healy might be able to provide to us in this regard.