Written answers
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Slaughtering
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units by week in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [28542/21]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Controlled Finishing Units as part of the TB Eradication Programme are subject to enhanced biosecurity measures and can only sell direct to slaughter.
Kill numbers (rounded) at EU approved slaughter plants originating in Controlled Finishing Units by month and year
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20,000 | 24,000 | 28,000 | 25,000 | 25,500 |
| February | 20,000 | 24,500 | 26,000 | 27,000 | 25,500 |
| March | 21,500 | 24,500 | 27,000 | 27,000 | 28,500 |
| April | 19,500 | 26,000 | 29,000 | 20,000 | 28,000 |
| May | 25,000 | 29,000 | 31,000 | 22,500 | |
| June | 24,500 | 27,500 | 25,500 | 26,500 | |
| July | 19,500 | 24,500 | 26,000 | 26,500 | |
| August | 20,000 | 21,500 | 20,000 | 21,000 | |
| September | 18,500 | 18,500 | 13,000 | 22,000 | |
| October | 20,500 | 23,500 | 21,500 | 24,000 | |
| November | 28,500 | 26,500 | 20,000 | 27,500 | |
| December | 25,500 | 25,000 | 21,500 | 30,000 | |
| Total | 263,000 | 295,000 | 288,500 | 299,000 | 107,500 |
www.gov.ie/en/collection/f55f2-bovine-birth-and-movements-monthly-reports/#kill-numbers-at-eu-approved-slaughter-plants-originating-in-controlled-finishing-units
These figures are not produced on a weekly basis.
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