Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Jun 2001

Vol. 537 No. 5

Written Answers. - Slaughtered Animals Statistics.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Mr. Walsh)

I presume the Deputy is referring to slaughtered cattle only. The information available in relation to slaughtered cattle on the cattle tracing system in respect of 2000 is set out in the following tables.

Age profile and sex of bovine animals slaughtered at Local Authority Abattoirs in 2000.

	January			February
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	20	628	19	574
1-2 years	77	8,969	72	7,272
2-3 years	69	2,388	65	2,847
3 years plus	6	339	7	366
Total	172	12,324	163	11,059
	March			April
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	1	488	15	300
1-2 years	133	5,870	93	4,617
2-3 years	116	4,709	147	4,903
3 years plus	38	537	32	506
Total	288	11,604	287	10,326
	May			June
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	22	175	10	95
1-2 years	199	4,630	116	3,894
2-3 years	131	5,442	145	4,870
3 years plus	16	618	13	758
Total	368	10,865	284	9,517
	July			August
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	11	139	17	347
1-2 years	82	4,048	96	5,408
2-3 years	147	4,134	179	4,121
3 years plus	31	544	11	601
Total	271	8,865	303	10,477
	September			October
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	16	672	21	1,157
1-2 years	60	5,583	68	6,288
2-3 years	102	2,977	115	2,431
3 years plus	9	361	7	357
Total	187	9,593	211	10,233
	November			December
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	23	865	9	203
1-2 years	90	6,193	23	2,427
2-3 years	111	2,036	39	774
3 years plus	31	293	7	156
Total	235	9,387	78	3,560

Age profile of bovine animals slaughtered at Export Approved Factories January-October 2000.

January						February
Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated	Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated
	1,264					1,472
1-2 years	27,411				1-2 years	36,465
2-3 years	43,710				2-3 years	81,042
3 years plus	31,075				3 years plus	54,043
Total	103,460	42.10	53.60	4.30	Total	173,022	50	44.90	5.10
March						April
Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated	Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated
	1,189					925
1-2 years	35,110				1-2 years	19,437
2-3 years	105,850				2-3 years	91,182
3 years plus	49,313				3 years plus	43,949
Total	191,462	60	36.80	3.20	Total	155,493	60.10	35.80	4.10
May						June
Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated	Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated
	1,011					964
1-2 years	19,713				1-2 years	14,636
2-3 years	75,064				2-3 years	53,475
3 years plus	56,088				3 years plus	59,247
Total	151,876	52.40	42.60	5.00	Total	128,322	42.60	52.70	4.70
July						August
Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated	Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated
	719					1,032
1-2 years	10,976				1-2 years	13,132
2-3 years	49,562				2-3 years	82,000
3 years plus	46,221				3 years plus	53,694
Total	107,480	44.30	52.20	3.50	Total	149,858	54.50	43.40	2.10
September						October
Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated	Age Profile		% males	% females	% no sex indicated
	688					1,198
1-2 years	5,643				1-2 years	18,415
2-3 years	3,079				2-3 years	103,211
3 years plus	370				3 years plus	49,937
Total	9,780	2.00	98.00	0.00	Total	172,761	62.00	37.10	0.90

In so far as the age of the animals is concerned, the database does not have precise information in relation to older animals as the recording of the date of birth of bovine animals only commenced in 1996. In addition, the CMMS database does not have comprehensive information in relation to the breed of animals slaughtered.