Written answers

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Livestock Issues

Photo of Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of livestock movements, that is, sales of cattle and sheep, between buyer and seller from farm to farm including marts for 2019; and the number to date in 2020. [40638/20]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Movements of cattle and sheep within the State are recorded on my Department's Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) database. AIM does not record sales data.

The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the Table attached. It should be noted that the 2020 figures are those recorded on the AIM database as at 27th November 2020.

CATTLE AND SHEEP MOVEMENTS

RECORDED ON THE ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND MOVEMENT DATABASE

Full Year 2019 and in 2020 (up to 27/11/2020)
Cattle
Sheep
2019
2020 (to 27/11)
2019
2020 (to 27/11)
Movements from
Farm to Mart
1,669,138
1,429,970
1,409,360
1,409,105
Farm to Farm
1,301,334
1,524,475
578,291
632,399

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