Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Dale Crammond:

Live animals tends to be up around 400,000 sheep - again, nearly all from Northern Ireland. So far this year, we have imported about 197,000, which will be on track for that annual figure of around 400,000. Virtually no imports come from any other country in the EU. It is all from Northern Ireland and a very small amount from mainland UK.