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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 1 Jun 1976

Vol. 291 No. 4

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cattle Hides.

2.

Mr. Gibbons

andMr. O'Malley asked the Taoiseach (a) the number of cattle hides produced in Ireland in 1975 (b) the number manufactured into leather in the country and (c) the number exported in an unprocessed condition to each of the importing countries.

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement containing the particulars requested at (a) and (c) in the Deputies' question. The information requested at (b) is not yet available.

Following is the statement:

(a) The total number of cattle hides produced in the State in 1975 is provisionally estimated at 1,800,000.

(c) Number of raw cattle hides exported in the year 1975 to each of the importing countries.

Country

Number

France

46,361

Netherlands

122,042

Great Britain

624,552

Denmark

3,827

Northern Ireland

144,732

Sweden

4,825

Belgium-Luxembourg

61,509

Germany FR

5,200

Italy

73,030

Finland

3,700

Spain

21,140

Poland

54,020

Czechoslovakia

9,000

Bulgaria

44,000

USA

1,312

Norway

2,290

TOTAL

1,221,540

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