Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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691. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy cows there were in County Tipperary in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3236/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Preliminary estimates for the CSO June 2021 Livestock Survey, indicate that there are 1,604,500 dairy cows in Ireland. While a breakdown of 2021 dairy cow numbers per county from the CSO is currently unavailable pending the release of final results, according to CSO Census of Agriculture 2020 preliminary results, as of 1st September 2020:

there are 180,352 dairy cows in County Tipperary;

there are 1,832 farms with dairy cows in County Tipperary;

22% of farms in Tipperary (1,592) are classified by the CSO as Specialist Dairying; and

County Tipperary had the second highest number of dairy cows and the second highest number of dairy farms in Ireland after County Cork.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows there were in County Tipperary in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3237/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Provisional estimates for the CSO June 2021 Livestock Survey, indicate that there are 940,300 suckler cows in Ireland. While a breakdown of 2021 suckler cow numbers per county from the CSO is currently unavailable pending the release of final results, according to CSO Census of Agriculture 2020 preliminary results, as of 1 September 2020:

there are 53,232 suckler cows in County Tipperary;

there are 3,140 farms with suckler cows in County Tipperary; and

54% of farms in Tipperary (3,978) are classified by the CSO as Specialist Beef Production - this would include beef finishing farms.

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of direct payments to County Tipperary farmers in 2021, by direct payment type and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3238/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Almost €113 million was paid to Tipperary farmers in 2021, in respect of 2021 scheme year payments. As requested by the Deputy, the following table below outlines the total 2021 payment by scheme type.

The figures outlined in the above table relate to payments made between September 2021 and end December 2021 in respect of scheme year 2021. It should be noted that additional payments in respect of previous scheme years would also have been paid to Tipperary farmers in 2021.

Scheme payment updates, including County and scheme breakdown, are published on my Department's website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/73aea-schemes-and-services-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/#scheme-payments-update