Written answers
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agriculture Industry
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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695. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area used for agriculture here by sector and county, in tabular form. [19216/20]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Statistics on area farmed and livestock numbers are compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on a regional rather than a county basis in most cases. The table details, in respect of 2019 shows:
- area farmed (Utililsable Agricultural Area) in June by region and by type of land use
- number of cattle in June by region and by county
- number of sheep, pigs, poultry etc by region
Number of Livestock in June (000 Head) by Region, Year and Type of
| 2019 | Total sheep | Total pigs | Total poultry | Total horses and ponies | Total mules, jennets and asses | Total goats | Total farmed deer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | 5,146 | 1,616 | .. | 82 | 9.8 | 8.7 | .. |
| Northern and Western | 2,468 | 475 | .. | 24.2 | 5.3 | 3 | .. |
| Border | 1,039 | 435 | .. | 5.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .. |
| West | 1,429 | 40 | .. | 18.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 | .. |
| Southern | 1,476 | 731 | .. | 33.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | .. |
| Mid-West | 227 | 200 | .. | 11.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | .. |
| South-East | 549 | 240 | .. | 12.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .. |
| South-West | 700 | 291 | .. | 10.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .. |
| Eastern and Midland | 1,202 | 410 | .. | 23.9 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Dublin and Mid-East | 905 | 117 | .. | 16.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .. |
| Midland | 296 | 293 | .. | 7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .. |
.. indicates that the observation is missing or fall under the limit of discretion/uncertainty.
Further details are available on the CSO website.
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