Written answers

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Sales

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that have been imported into Ireland per week since 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/22]

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the lambs imported into Ireland by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3758/22]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 223 together.

My Department uses the TRACES system to record sheep movements in terms of both imports and exports for the purposes of slaughter, breeding and fattening.

Traditionally, most live sheep imported into Ireland have come from the UK, including Northern Ireland. In 2021, a total of 367,936 sheep were imported. The below table provides both the country of origin and the quantity of sheep imported each month in 2021. My Department does not collect or collate live sheep imports on a weekly basis.

Sheep Imports 2021

Month Northern Ireland France Belgium Holland Total
January 35,034
February 26,160
March 22,469
April 19,053
May 20,394
June 18,919 41
July 37,816 99
August 38,842 11
September 40,947 15 83
October 30,462 68
November 42,995
December 34,494 24 10
Total 367,585 50 167 134 367,936

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