Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of cattle traded through dealer numbers in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49069/25]

Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of cattle traded through dealer numbers and associated herd numbers in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49070/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 980 and 981 together.

In 2024 there were 518,404 movements of cattle through (into and subsequently out of) dealer herd numbers. Over the same period there were 759,640 movements of cattle through dealer and associated herd numbers.