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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 5 Dec 1991

Vol. 414 No. 2

Written Answers. - Intervention Sales.

Tony Gregory

Question:

41 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will outline (a) the value of each agricultural commodity sold into intervention for each year since 1986 and (b) the proportion of the total production of that commodity represented by such intervention sales.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Beef

Butter

Skimmed Milk Powder

Cereals

1986

(a) Value £m Quantity '000t

372102

16169

1612

1497

(b) Proportion %

20

45

8

5

1987

(a) Value £m Quantity '000t

26878

7329

--

1288

(b) Proportion %

16

22

--

4

1988

(a) Value £m Quantity '000t

11545

52

--

216

(b) Proportion %

10

2

--

1

1989

(a) Value £m Quantity '000t

18259

--

--

211

(b) Proportion %

14

--

--

0.5

1990

(a) Value £m Quantity '000t

545163

20483

14294

1179

(b) Proportion %

33

56

48

4

1991 Est

(a) Value £m Quantity '000t

597185

13155

14094

16118

(b) Proportion %

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

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