Written answers
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Dairy Sector
Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national dairy herd in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53393/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The CSO's June Livestock Survey includes the following information for the years 2015-2019
| Description | June 2015 | June 2016 | June 2017 | June 2018 | June 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy cows (000 head) | 1,295.8 | 1,397.9 | 1,432.7 | 1,480.9 | 1,504.8 |
2019 data is based on the CSO Crops and Livestock Survey June Provisional Estimates. More detailed data from the CSO's June and December Livestock Surveys each year is available at the CSO website.
Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy cows in dairy herds that had a calf registered previously that did not have a calf registered in the past 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53394/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated at present and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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