Written answers

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Live Exports

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovine imports for the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44012/15]

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live bovine exports for the years 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44014/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 266 together.

The numbers of bovine exports and imports as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. The main destinations for live bovines in 2015 were UK, NL, Italy and France.

Year Live Bovine Exports Live Bovine imports
2015 to date 173,514 15,166
2014  239,993 11,490
2013 212,369 14,024
2012 162,038 23,465
2011 215,780 22,381

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