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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