Written answers
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Department of Agriculture and Food
Beef Industry
9:00 am
Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of cattle slaughtered for each of the past six months at each of the meat factories in County Galway; if he will state the way in which this compares with the same period for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40870/09]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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There are no bovine slaughtering establishments, approved by my Department, in County Galway. The last such establishment ceased bovine slaughter in January 2007. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland advises my Department that there are nine bovine slaughtering establishments approved by the Galway County Council Veterinary Service. As the throughput quantities in individual establishments are regarded as commercially sensitive, it is not considered appropriate to provide such figures for each establishment. The authority has provided the following total slaughtering figures in those establishments for the six-month periods ending in June 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009:
| Month | Number Slaughtered 2009 | Number Slaughtered2008 | Number Slaughtered2007 | Number Slaughtered2006 |
| January | 191 | 242 | 229 | 222 |
| February | 158 | 158 | 203 | 183 |
| March | 191 | 173 | 200 | 197 |
| April | 213 | 214 | 191 | 176 |
| May | 168 | 161 | 207 | 225 |
| June | 205 | 182 | 176 | 168 |
| TOTAL | 1,126 | 1,130 | 1,206 | 1,171 |
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