Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 239: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of local authority supervised slaughterhouses in operation from 2005 to 2009; if he has conducted a review of artisanal and local slaughterhouses; his plans to support the development of local and artisanal slaughterhouses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36560/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The Local Authority Veterinary Service (LVAS) supervises low-throughput slaughterhouses under service contract with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The number of slaughterhouses supervised by the LVAS from 2005 – 2010 at year end is outlined below.

Oct 2010 = 232

As I do not have a role in relation to local slaughterhouses, I do not have plans to carry out a review. Small meat establishments were among the sectors eligible to apply for aid under the competitive Marketing and Processing Scheme operated by my Department. The 31 small meat projects awarded aid in 2008, the final year of state aid approval, included refurbishment of some abattoirs and one new small abattoir (in Roscommon). Teagasc continues to provide advice to artisan meat enterprises.