Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 9 May 2023, if he will detail the value in euro by animal category, in addition to the quantity in number of head of live sheep exported from the State, by the country that it was exported to over the past five calendar years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/23]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 9 May 2023, if he will detail the value in euro, in addition to the quantity in head, by animal category, (details supplied) of live sheep imported into the State, by the country that it was imported from over the past five calendar years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34130/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 580 and 581 together.

Imports and exports of live sheep are recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES).

TRACES is the European Commission's online platform for sanitary and phytosanitary certification required for the importation of animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin and plants into the European Union, intra-EU trade and EU exports of animals and certain animal products

My Department uses the TRACES to record all sheep movements between Ireland and all other jurisdictions whether for slaughter, breeding or fattening purposes. Traditionally, most live sheep imported into Ireland have come from the UK, including Northern Ireland.

The TRACES system does not record monetary values but rather the total volumes of a particular animal.