Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 2 Mar 1965

Vol. 214 No. 8

Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Agricultural Exports.

3.

Mr. Donegan

asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of exports stating numbers, value and country of destination of fat cattle, lambs, fat sheep, pigs and fat sows during each of the calendar years 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Mr. J. Brennan

With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report, a statement showing the particulars requested by the Deputy in so far as they are available.

Following is the statement:—

DOMESTIC exports of fat cattle, lambs, fat sheep and pigs in each year 1962-1964.

Description and Country of destination	Quantity	Value
1962	1963	1964	1962	1963	1964
	Number	Number	Number	£	£	£
Fat bulls:
Great Britain	235	95	150	14,134	5,600	11,192
The Six Counties	40	56	53	2,330	3,171	4,055
Belgium	—	—	257	—	—	25,355
Germany (Federal Republic).	1,038	1,170	2,181	101,797	107,281	230,265
France	12	1	—	900	65	—
Netherlands	—	—	221	—	—	20,489
Italy	—	44	436	—	3,501	40,150
Germany, Eastern	—	—	8	—	—	890
Morocco	—	—	73	—	—	6,913
TOTAL	1,325	1,366	3,379	119,161	119,618	339,309
Fat bullocks:
Great Britain	104,667	58,479	49,270	6,908,411	3,691,255	3,452,018
The Six Counties	207	338	372	13,394	19,891	23,310
Belgium	—	250	24,467	—	17,785	2,078,994
Germany (Federal Republic).	8,689	10,837	25,126	770,730	888,889	2,286,859
France	66	430	—	5,046	33,240	—
Netherlands	1,056	1,807	13,278	82,584	136,285	1,127,304
Switzerland	—	984	3,265	—	76,470	268,807
Italy	—	4,432	9,141	—	316,437	768,120
Germany, Eastern	—	—	318	—	—	25,640
Morocco	—	—	1,439	—	—	122,186
TOTAL	114,685	77,557	126,676	7,780,165	5,180,252	10,153,238
Fat cows:
Great Britain	678	56	3,365	41,027	3,224	206,987
The Six Counties	227	343	396	9,658	14,801	20,314
Belgium	507	323	731	27,898	19,978	52,144
Germany (Federal Republic).	52	928	3,230	3,209	50,728	206,433
France	51	117	—	3,373	6,713	—
Netherlands	679	618	1,772	42,942	39,375	138,200
Italy	—	83	237	—	6,602	16,857
Germany, Eastern	—	—	74	—	—	4,450
Morocco	—	—	657	—	—	48,260
TOTAL	2,194	2,468	10,462	128,107	141,421	693,645
Fat heifers:
Great Britain	19,918	6,509	7,033	1,161,579	369,600	447,576
The Six Counties	49	247	129	2,430	12,340	6,214
Belgium	—	1	195	—	67	15,221
Germany (Federal Republic).	2,118	2,609	1,940	155,979	174,303	157,127
France	—	3	—	—	212	—
Netherlands	—	3	43	—	212	3,150
Italy	—	1	12	—	65	879
Morocco	—	—	63	—	—	4,582
TOTAL	22,085	9,373	9,415	1,319,988	556,799	634,749
Lambs:
Great Britain	51,557	31,496	17,771	335,891	203,026	129,724
The Six Counties	148,471	134,625	122,320	681,584	639,821	669,644
Belgium	—	12	426	—	114	2,774
Germany (Federal Republic).	—	—	700	—	—	5,538
France	—	8,691	17,448	—	55,866	135,255
Iran	—	—	1	—	—	7
TOTAL	200,028	174,824	158,666	1,017,475	898,827	942,942
Fat Sheep:
Great Britain	15,819	3,567	2,114	119,297	24,406	18,414
The Six Counties	3,407	4,681	15,205	16,347	23,064	95,196
Belgium	400	569	624	3,048	3,135	4,708
Germany (Federal Republic).	—	—	1,100	—	—	9,524
Austria	—	500	—	—	4,750	—
France	—	1,600	1,810	—	13,358	16,266
Kuwait	—	—	6,000	—	—	55,528
Algeria	—	50	—	—	275	—
TOTAL	19,626	10,967	26,853	138,692	68,988	199,636
Fat Pigs:
Great Britain	2,385	717	391	57,025	16,589	9,090
The Six Counties	352	447	573	7,385	8,341	11,422
Belgium	—	551	—	—	11,060	—
Germany (Federal Republic).	861	158	—	16,455	3,222	—
France	—	1,193	592	—	26,321	13,980
Netherlands	40	—	—	760	—	—
Italy	—	126	—	—	2,455	—
TOTAL	3,638	3,192	1,556	81,625	67,988	34,492
Store Pigs and Bonhams:
Great Britain	10	1	3	250	100	355
The Six Counties	342	164	238	5,804	3,660	6,022
France	—	—	2,761	—	—	21,911
TOTAL	352	165	3,002	6,054	3,760	28,288

Question No. 4 postponed.

5.

Mr. Donegan

asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the exports of store cattle by number and value in each of the calendar years 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Mr. J. Brennan

With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the particulars requested by the Deputy.

Following is the statement:—

DOMESTIC exports of store cattle in each year 1962-1964.

Description	Quantity	Value
1962	1963	1964	1962	1963	1964
	Number	Number	Number	£	£	£
Store Cattle:
Bulls	277	256	168	13,966	14,026	10,614
Bullocks	303,357	416,565	474,690	19,640,875	27,131,251	33,040,532
Cows	574	616	1,299	23,723	27,536	83,033
Heifers	125,018	147,704	160,605	6,849,973	8,059,261	9,332,180

6.

Mr. Donegan

asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the exports of butter by weight to Great Britain and to all other individual countries in the calendar years 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Mr. J. Brennan

With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the particulars requested by the Deputy.

Following is the statement:—

DOMESTIC exports of butter in each year 1962-1964.

Description and Country of Destination	1962	1963	1964
	cwt.	cwt.	cwt.
Butter:
Creamery:
Great Britain	159,362	196,791	226,576
The Six Counties	95,177	118,094	102,177
Germany (Federal Republic)	12,950	10,217	4,000
France	34,000	—	—
Italy	10,301	32,000	1
Spain	1,000	—	—
Gibraltar	9	318	867
Malta and Gozo	—	25	25
Cyprus	45	369	1,600
Czechoslovakia	—	2,951	—
Germany, Eastern	—	10,000	10,000
Lebanon	—	6,300	4,600
Bahrein	—	25	155
Kuwait	—	342	207
Aden	5	—	—
Qatar	—	—	45
Libya	—	30	77
Sierra Leone	—	—	11
Federation of Nigeria	9	6	26
United States of America	—	1	—
Trinidad and Tobago	—	736	2,684
Bermuda	—	—	78
Barbados	—	—	93
TOTAL	312,858	378,205	353,222
Factory:
Great Britain	4,516	3,256	5,040
Malta and Gozo	464	445	386
Morocco	28	32	76
Mexico	4	—	—
Jamaica	—	100	—
Trinidad and Tobago	—	108	287
Barbados	2,167	1,605	1,730
Leeward Islands	22	76	203
Windward Islands	431	753	689
TOTAL	7,632	6,375	8,411
Farmers'	—	—	—