Written answers
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Sheep Census
Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national flock and the ratio of upland and lowland numbers. [12228/16]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The data from the December 2015 annual sheep census is not finalised as yet.
Based on returns received in respect of the December 2014 census, the total sheep population at that time was 3.63 million, which comprised 2.0 million lowland and 1.63 million upland sheep – a ratio of 1.2:1.
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