Written answers
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Culls
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle culled in each of the years 2015 to 2019 due to tuberculosis for which compensation was payable under the eradication programme by county in tabular form. [15712/20]
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is contained in the attached document.
*Number of cattle culled due to tuberculosis for which compensation was payable under the eradication programme
| County | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOW DVO | 157 | 278 | 127 | 72 | 100 |
| CAVAN DVO | 999 | 615 | 1,557 | 1,057 | 1,290 |
| CLARE DVO | 1,545 | 1,304 | 1,174 | 1,329 | 1,341 |
| CORK NORTH DVO | 886 | 1,453 | 1,668 | 2,226 | 2,292 |
| CORK SOUTH DVO | 1,042 | 1,098 | 750 | 785 | 859 |
| DONEGAL DVO | 261 | 367 | 318 | 110 | 229 |
| DUBLIN DVO | 60 | 75 | 63 | 179 | 180 |
| GALWAY DVO | 874 | 954 | 948 | 979 | 1,114 |
| KERRY DVO | 1,014 | 842 | 1,065 | 1,416 | 1,295 |
| KILDARE DVO | 148 | 233 | 128 | 180 | 82 |
| KILKENNY DVO | 820 | 367 | 490 | 224 | 496 |
| LAOIS DVO | 425 | 533 | 472 | 673 | 396 |
| LEITRIM DVO | 237 | 136 | 238 | 247 | 239 |
| LIMERICK DVO | 653 | 835 | 586 | 453 | 333 |
| LONGFORD DVO | 152 | 140 | 51 | 196 | 133 |
| LOUTH DVO | 58 | 156 | 266 | 75 | 154 |
| MAYO DVO | 287 | 234 | 498 | 471 | 393 |
| MEATH DVO | 678 | 1,009 | 620 | 831 | 489 |
| MONAGHAN DVO | 538 | 839 | 1,098 | 1,917 | 1,409 |
| OFFALY DVO | 433 | 480 | 410 | 345 | 472 |
| ROSCOMMON DVO | 434 | 390 | 407 | 499 | 538 |
| SLIGO DVO | 310 | 250 | 264 | 450 | 290 |
| TIPPERARY NORTH DVO | 697 | 914 | 1,096 | 1,522 | 992 |
| TIPPERARY SOUTH DVO | 318 | 519 | 333 | 371 | 409 |
| WATERFORD DVO | 273 | 472 | 302 | 414 | 158 |
| WESTMEATH DVO | 493 | 559 | 862 | 725 | 461 |
| WEXFORD DVO | 1,013 | 600 | 926 | 802 | 819 |
| WICKLOW EAST DVO | 659 | 605 | 482 | 547 | 1,050 |
| WICKLOW WEST DVO | 455 | 575 | 388 | 410 | 335 |
| Total | 15,919 | 16,832 | 17,587 | 19,505 | 18,348 |
*Notes
Figures taken from the Animal Health Computer System (AHCS). Does not include payments that may have been made manually.
Figures include animals removed following a herd depopulation. Such animals may not have tested positive but were removed for disease eradication purposes.
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