Written answers

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Livestock Issues

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 551 and 553 of 14 December 2017, if all the data requested been compiled. [14840/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as follows.  The livestock unit data in each case is based on cattle and sheep data held by my Department.

Table 1 - Livestock units per hectare and BPS value per hectare

Range of average BPS value per hectare  - €Livestock Unit per hectare
0-1000.75
100-2001.20
200-3001.60
300-4001.78
400-5001.70
500-6001.71
600-7001.62
700-8001.50
800-9001.27
900-10001.28
>10001.18

Table 2 - Livestock units per hectare and category of land (ANC scheme)

ANC categoryLivestock unit per hectare
Island0.50
Less Severe1.40
More Severe1.11
Mountain land0.47
Non ANC1.31

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