Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Live Exports
Mattie 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]
Mattie 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]
Simon 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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