Written answers

Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Meat Processing Plants

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows of UK origin slaughtered in factories here per month in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/19]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The following statistics have been extracted from the Department's Animal Identification Movement (AIM) database.

On the Department's Animal Identification Movement (AIM) database the origin of an animal is based on the location of the particular herd it is born into. Therefore Irish tagged animals which are re-imported are excluded from these statistics.

The following categories have been included: females; of which, females over two years of age on the import date; and of which, females over two years old that had calved.

Based on the above categories the total number of females greater than 2 years of age bearing UK tags imported for slaughter into the country in 2017 was 6,488, of which 5,551 had calved. The corresponding figure for 2018 was 5,429 and 5,087, respectively.

2017
2018
Female UK > 2 yrs oldFemale UK > 2 yrs that had calved *Female UK > 2 yrs oldFemale UK > 2 yrs that had calved *
January433398January600509
February319276February317300
March398373March254238
April678422April359343
May657436May471449
June372279June418380
July203188July428384
August403384August631606
September924821September306299
October817799October621607
November717696November738694
December567479December286278
Total6,4885,551Total5,4295,087

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