Written answers
Friday, 6 September 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Industry
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that were traded in a mart and then slaughtered within 30 days of the sale in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of herd owners that purchased the livestock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34881/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.
Year | No of animals traded in a mart and slaughtered within 30 days | No of herdowners that purchased the livestock |
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2016 | 121,574 | 2,022 |
2017 | 132,377 | 1,941 |
2018 | 123,726 | 1,799 |
2019 | 52,228 | 1,230 |
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