Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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133. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the annual volume of freight exports and imports that came through the local ports between 2004 and 2014. [40708/14]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Data on tonnage of goods handled by Irish Sea Ports is collected by the CSO on a quarterly basis. The data is compiled and published on an annual basis in the 'Statistics on Port Traffic' publication. The most recent year for which data is available is in respect of 2013. The following table illustrates the tonnage of imported goods and exported goods by Irish Ports between the years 2004 to 2013.

Table : Tonnage of goods imported and exported by Irish Sea Ports, 2004-2013