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Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agriculture Industry

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 774 of 5 October, the counties that have more than eight controlled finishing units; the number of controlled finishing units in those counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57003/21]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Controlled Finishing Units as part of the bovine TB Eradication Programme are subject to enhanced biosecurity measures and can only sell direct to slaughter. The following is a list of counties with more than eight controlled finishing units:

County Current number of Controlled Finishing Units
CORK NORTH 12
KILDARE 41
KILKENNY 18
LAOIS 25
LONGFORD 9
LOUTH 11
MEATH 26
OFFALY 14
TIPPERARY NORTH 21
TIPPERARY SOUTH 14
WESTMEATH 15

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