Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2004
Department of Agriculture and Food
Live Exports
9:00 pm
Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of calves under two months old exported to continental EU in 2003; the number which went to each destination country; the number of weanlings exported to continental EU in 2003 for further fattening; the number which went to each destination country; the number of other cattle which went to continental EU in 2003 for slaughter or further fattening; and the number which went to each destination country. [14235/04]
Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy, as recorded by my Department's cattle movement monitoring system, is set out in the table following.
Export of bovine animals to continental EU in 2003. | |||
Country of destination | Calves | Weanlings | Other cattle |
France | 0 | 5 | 79 |
Netherlands | 32,946 | 833 | 666 |
Germany | 0 | 23 | 40 |
Italy | 1,272 | 9,150 | 8,418 |
Greece | 0 | 260 | 314 |
Portugal | 0 | 42 | 33 |
Spain | 24,885 | 51,034 | 11,894 |
Belgium | 1,736 | 207 | 320 |
Totals | 60,839 | 61,604 | 21,764 |
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