Written answers

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Imports Data

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live bovine animals imported in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date 2018 by calves, weanlings, store cattle, finished cattle and cows; if they were for breeding purposes or otherwise; the countries of origin of these animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51997/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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All cattle imported into Ireland are required to be registered on my Department’s Animal Identification and Movement system (AIM) and accompanied by its passport in addition to complying with all relevant regulations regarding the importation of live animals. AIM provides all processing plants with the animal’s date of birth, sex, breed, movement history and TB test records.

The data provided in the attached table  are broken down by country of origin, gender and purpose (breeding or slaughter).  Information on sub-divisional categories such as stores or weanlings is not available on AIM.

Bovine imports 2016 /2017 / 2018 up to end Q3

IMPORT YEARIMPORT SOURCEIMPORT TYPEGENDERANIMALS
2016
2016
AustriaBPFemale
105
2016
AustriaBPMale
29
2016
DenmarkBPFemale
112
2016
DenmarkBPMale
2
2016
FranceBPFemale
66
2016
FranceBPMale
35
2016
GermanyBPFemale
186
2016
NetherlandsBPFemale
571
2016
UKBPCow
375
2016
UKBPFemale
2214
2016
UKBPMale
670
2016
UKSLCow
7774
2016
UKSLFemale
1763
2016
UKSLMale
1806
15708
2017
2017
AustriaBPFemale
42
2017
AustriaBPMale
36
2017
BelgiumBPFemale
55
2017
BelgiumBPMale
10
2017
DenmarkBPFemale
134
2017
DenmarkBPMale
1
2017
FranceBPFemale
67
2017
FranceBPMale
14
2017
GermanyBPFemale
287
2017
GermanyBPMale
7
2017
NetherlandsBPFemale
319
2017
NetherlandsBPMale
8
2017
SpainBPFemale
1
2017
SpainBPMale
4
2017
UKBPCow
317
2017
UKBPFemale
1436
2017
UKBPMale
396
2017
UKSLCow
6166
2017
UKSLFemale
1653
2017
UKSLMale
1695
12648
2018
2018
AustriaBPMale
5
2018
BelgiumBPFemale
3
2018
BelgiumBPMale
2
2018
DenmarkBPFemale
441
2018
DenmarkBPMale
2
2018
FranceBPFemale
16
2018
FranceBPMale
8
2018
GermanyBPFemale
92
2018
GermanyBPMale
1
2018
ItalyBPFemale
20
2018
ItalyBPMale
2
2018
NetherlandsBPFemale
111
2018
NetherlandsBPMale
3
2018
NetherlandsSLFemale
2
2018
UKBPCow
219
2018
UKBPFemale
1085
2018
UKBPMale
215
2018
UKSLCow
3897
2018
UKSLFemale
759
2018
UKSLMale
1595
8478

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