Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals in the national dairy herd in each of the years 2003 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52565/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Preliminary CSO data for June 2022 shows dairy cow numbers at 1,627,300, an increase of 1.4% over the same period in 2021.

Detailed information on dairy cow numbers by year is published in the June and December editions of the CSO Crops and Livestock Survey each year, which is available on the CSO website.

Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that are now in the national bovine herd; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52566/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) December 2021 livestock survey, there were 6,649,300 bovine head in the national herd.

A large volume of historical data is also available on the CSO website, which is accessible to the public.  In particular the Deputy may be interested in the CSO publication Farming since the Famine, available on the CSO website, which covers the years 1847-1996 and includes details on livestock numbers and numbers of holdings.

Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that are now in the national sheep herd; the number from 1922 and 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52567/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) December 2021 livestock survey, there were 3,991,200 ovine head in the national flock.

A large volume of historical data is also available on the CSO website, which is accessible to the public.  In particular the Deputy may be interested in the CSO publication Farming since the Famine, available on the CSO website, which covers the years 1847-1996 and includes details on livestock numbers and numbers of holdings.