Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 17 Nov 1966

Vol. 225 No. 8

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cattle and Beef Exports.

12.

Mr. P. Hogan

(South Tipperary) asked the Taoiseach if he will give the monthly exports of (a) store cattle, (b) fat cattle, and (c) carcase beef to (i) Great Britain, (ii) Europe, and (iii) elsewhere for the years 1965 and 1966 up to the latest available date.

Mr. Carty

With your permission, Sir, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the information requested in respect of the period January, 1965 to August, 1966—the latest date for which such particulars are available.

Following is the statement:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF (a) STORE CATTLE, (b) FAT CATTLE AND (c) CARCASE BEEF IN EACH MONTH JANUARY, 1965 TO AUGUST, 1966.*

A.—QUANTITY.

Month	Store Cattle	Fat Cattle	Carcase Beef
Great Britain	The Six Counties	Rest of Europe	Elsewhere	Total	Great Britain	The Six Counties	Rest of Europe	Elsewhere	Total	Great Britain	The Six Counties	Rest of Europe	Elsewhere	Total
	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	cwt.	cwt.	cwt.	cwt.	cwt.
1965:
January	34,004	13,534	31	—	47,569	5,454	119	9,227	—	14,800	42,494	23	37,918	14,834	95,269
February	36,638	19,435	—	—	56,073	677	54	4,729	—	5,460	28,670	121	17,250	3,654	49,695
March	38,024	18,473	—	—	56,497	52	71	3,747	—	3,870	40,855	128	38,824	6,520	86,327
April	20,516	11,476	—	—	31,992	—	41	4,164	—	4,205	22,836	44	28,388	2,826	54,094
May	17,035	7,408	—	—	24,443	32	73	2,433	—	2,538	18,820	21	30,441	315	49,597
June	19,268	7,864	—	—	27,132	3,854	42	5,281	—	9,177	26,841	24	20,554	401	47,820
July	26,977	9,199	—	—	36,176	6,217	78	8,151	—	14,446	46,748	31	37,232	147	84,158
August	25,940	7,672	—	—	33,612	6,923	67	8,619	—	15,609	55,915	27	56,491	5,064	117,497
September	19,553	6,914	—	—	26,467	7,756	102	8,301	—	16,159	69,609	263	50,067	8,774	128,713
October	25,451	8,152	—	—	33,603	9,165	250	9,489	—	18,904	72,588	228	44,465	11,125	128,406
November	31,328	8,843	—	—	40,171	11,541	205	8,474	—	20,220	75,811	215	30,787	10,681	117,494
December	17,761	5,281	—	—	23,042	10,965	308	9,661	—	20,934	64,423	50	29,023	30,793	124,289
1966:
January	25,291	10,847	—	1,205	37,343	10,414	259	7,212	—	17,885	83,234	47	8,344	—	91,625
February	27,119	12,942	—	—	40,061	4,309	247	4,146	—	8,702	67,603	163	15,311	31,569	114,646
March	46,417	22,509	—	925	69,851	1,676	366	5,324	—	7,366	45,883	149	20,698	13,692	80,422
April	20,917	9,779	—	—	30,696	578	315	2,416	—	3,309	41,971	46	15,711	20,730	78,458
May	19,294	7,897	32	945	28,168	1,131	265	3,000	—	4,396	19,075	36	11,306	11,601	42,018
June	15,624	7,334	—	945	23,903	3,523	152	9,601	—	13,276	23,488	52	15,329	1,903	40,772
July	37,105	7,919	—	—	45,024	7,314	375	4,613	—	12,302	65,128	125	17,357	9,351	91,961
August	22,712	6,944	—	—	29,656	8,010	160	3,659	—	11,829	70,504	51	21,569	34,253	126,377

*Excluding minor late adjustments not allocated to individual months.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF (a) STORE CATTLE, (b) FAT CATTLE AND (c) CARCASE BEEF IN EACH MONTH JANUARY, 1965 TO AUGUST, 1966.*

B—VALUE.

Month	Store Cattle	Fat Cattle	Carcase Beef
Great Britain	The Six Counties	Rest of Europe	Elsewhere	Total	Great Britain	The Six Counties	Rest of Europe	Elsewhere	Total	Great Britain	The Six Counties	Rest of Europe	Elsewhere	Total
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
1965:
January	2,563,087	794,714	2,284	—	3,360,085	413,118	7,885	845,395	—	1,266,398	570,379	354	596,984	239,643	1407,360
February	2,767,345	1,171,329	—	—	3,938,674	47,656	4,255	445,127	—	497,038	380,300	1,703	260,542	61,667	704212
March	2,879,396	1,126,004	—	—	4,005,400	3,862	4,220	347,490	—	355,572	544,161	1,634	592,110	102,010	1,239,15
April	1,571,538	709,470	—	—	2,281,008	—	2,695	370,953	—	373,648	304,176	792	436,876	45,393	787,237
May	1,317,592	463,837	—	—	1,781,429	2,691	4,210	210,137	—	217,038	261,385	359	472,120	6,685	740,549
June	1,508,022	489,524	—	—	1,997,546	300,717	2,805	481,923	—	785,445	355,162	521	306,903	9,208	671,794
July	2,123,151	563,325	—	—	2,691,476	488,790	5,170	759,333	—	1,253,293	626,349	727	583,155	4,257	1,214,488
August	2,033,275	474,419	—	—	2,507,694	536,074	4,470	809,851	—	1,350,395	771,229	640	898,467	74,813	1,745,49
September	1,519,070	426,381	—	—	1,945,451	575,568	6,540	767,270	—	1,349,378	959,057	3,969	720,143	127,801	1,810,970
October	1,961,635	483,524	—	—	2,445,159	675,039	14,247	807,805	—	1,497,091	995,042	3,227	556,198	161,757	1716,224
November	2,417,914	521,250	—	—	2,939,164	862,537	10,670	695,152	—	1,568,359	1,035,944	3,268	383,406	156,826 1,579,444
December	1,360,506	309,080	—	—	1,669,586	801,783	13,735	816,153	—	1,631,671	867,864	699	359,090	456,082	1,83,735
1966:
January	1,933,377	634,474	—	54,225	2,622,076	768,248	13,379	617,111	—	1,398,738	1,141,144	752	112,715	—	1,54,611
February	2,005,913	744,385	—	—	2,750,298	318,983	14,713	359,935	—	693,631	935,942	2,381	215,478	474,990	1,628,791
March	3,448,301	1,293,189	—	46,250	4,787,740	119,439	20,438	450,177	—	590,054	647,662	2,095	317,992	212,538	a1,180,287
April	1,567,238	546,752	—	—	2,113,990	42,988	17,839	191,083	—	251,910	600,060	874	242,734	354,340	1,198,00
May	1,460,210	444,514	2,560	45,360	1,952,644	89,705	15,155	239,412	—	344,272	281,492	605	197,835	213,617	693,549
June	1,167,999	429,257	—	45,360	1,642,616	285,096	13,486	783,239	—	1,081,821	338,631	821	252,381	40,086	631919
July	2,820,229	467,654	—	—	3,287,883	560,959	33,930	395,278	—	990,167	882,519	2,068	282,943	167,134	1,334,664
August	1,666,255	399,236	—	—	2,065,491	588,211	10,390	302,959	—	901,560	978,198	788	322,440	542,818	1,844,44

*Excluding minor late adjustments not allocated to individual months.