Vol. 568 No. 1
263 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers with herd numbers on a county basis for each of the past ten years; his proposals to allow separate yet linked herd numbers for a father and son or daughter to allow them to run separate units on the same holding yet under the one disease management structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15984/03]
The number of farmers with herd numbers on a county basis for each of the past ten years is as per the following table.
The herd number system is an administrative arrangement under the disease eradication schemes and is designed primarily for the purposes of disease control. The criteria used in assessing applications for herd numbers principally include independent management of the holding, separate housing and fodder, the availability of adequate testing facilities without the possibility of intermixing with cattle from any other herd. In effect a herd number is issued in respect of an epidemiological unit.
I have no proposals to change the criteria for the issue of herd numbers.
|
County |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
|
Carlow |
1,468 |
1,511 |
1,576 |
1,612 |
1,654 |
1,682 |
1,728 |
1,766 |
1,856 |
1,933 |
|
Cavan |
5,288 |
5,368 |
5,464 |
5,630 |
5,814 |
5,922 |
6,064 |
6,228 |
6,522 |
6,921 |
|
Clare |
6,544 |
6,636 |
6,748 |
6,956 |
7,148 |
7,276 |
7,443 |
7,967 |
7,954 |
8,078 |
|
Cork N/E |
6,149 |
6,225 |
6,354 |
6,570 |
6,811 |
6,968 |
7,113 |
7,548 |
7,846 |
8,191 |
|
Cork S/W |
7,060 |
7,256 |
7,389 |
7,574 |
7,839 |
8,031 |
8,238 |
8,624 |
8,781 |
9,089 |
|
Donegal |
6,305 |
6,444 |
6,629 |
6,979 |
7,277 |
7,493 |
7,635 |
8,018 |
8,413 |
10,878 |
|
Dublin |
486 |
500 |
559 |
576 |
627 |
633 |
706 |
743 |
733 |
798 |
|
Galway |
13,205 |
13,558 |
13,819 |
14,087 |
14,297 |
14,406 |
14,764 |
15,088 |
15,648 |
16,070 |
|
Kerry |
7,477 |
7,618 |
7,876 |
8,258 |
8,571 |
8,844 |
9,134 |
9,549 |
9,789 |
9,997 |
|
Kildare |
2,172 |
2,236 |
2,258 |
2,373 |
2,479 |
2,459 |
2,516 |
2,601 |
2,727 |
2,855 |
|
Kilkenny |
3,436 |
3,476 |
3,536 |
3,638 |
3,740 |
3,785 |
3,833 |
3,908 |
4,035 |
4,148 |
|
Laois |
3,043 |
3,105 |
3,141 |
3,242 |
3,347 |
3,415 |
3,518 |
3,601 |
3,607 |
3,806 |
|
Leitrim |
3,483 |
3,600 |
3,640 |
3,815 |
3,885 |
3,946 |
4,082 |
4,142 |
4,345 |
4,671 |
|
Limerick |
6,136 |
6,133 |
6,374 |
6,690 |
6,937 |
7,091 |
7,333 |
7,694 |
7,916 |
8,198 |
|
Longford |
2,588 |
2,695 |
2,730 |
2,858 |
2,915 |
2,958 |
3,025 |
3,144 |
3,256 |
3,386 |
|
Louth |
1,379 |
1,366 |
1,424 |
1,526 |
1,600 |
1,630 |
1,714 |
1,806 |
1,821 |
2,019 |
|
Mayo |
11,137 |
11,523 |
11,746 |
12,080 |
12,416 |
12,729 |
13,014 |
13,416 |
13,996 |
14,530 |
|
Meath |
4,200 |
4,344 |
4,346 |
4,564 |
4,656 |
4,859 |
5,010 |
5,151 |
5,611 |
5,904 |
|
Monaghan |
4,385 |
4,373 |
4,520 |
4,677 |
4,754 |
4,831 |
4,869 |
5,047 |
5,234 |
5,721 |
|
Offaly |
3,336 |
3,399 |
3,436 |
3,581 |
3,610 |
3,669 |
3,783 |
3,929 |
3,931 |
4,114 |
|
Roscommon |
6,087 |
6,269 |
6,436 |
6,612 |
6,731 |
6,826 |
7,167 |
7,272 |
7,704 |
7,786 |
|
Sligo |
4,100 |
4,253 |
4,390 |
4,547 |
4,706 |
4,828 |
5,002 |
5,100 |
5,414 |
5,801 |
|
Tipp South |
3,630 |
3,660 |
3,805 |
3,911 |
4,046 |
4,177 |
4,289 |
4,413 |
4,645 |
4,867 |
|
Tipp North |
3,654 |
3,723 |
3,843 |
3,981 |
4,134 |
4,191 |
4,287 |
4,400 |
4,492 |
4,784 |
|
Waterford |
2,435 |
2,464 |
2,577 |
2,679 |
2,726 |
2,803 |
2,852 |
2,907 |
2,960 |
3,029 |
|
Westmeath |
3,235 |
3,335 |
3,352 |
3,454 |
3,578 |
3,610 |
3,701 |
3,813 |
3,908 |
4,061 |
|
Wexford |
3,503 |
3,616 |
3,669 |
3,818 |
3,946 |
4,057 |
4,130 |
4,267 |
4,341 |
4,577 |
|
Wicklow E |
1,151 |
1,185 |
1,243 |
1,289 |
1,329 |
1,368 |
1,431 |
1,491 |
1,536 |
1,564 |
|
Wicklow W |
639 |
654 |
662 |
686 |
729 |
722 |
747 |
768 |
797 |
815 |
|
Totals |
127,711 |
130,525 |
133,542 |
138,263 |
142,302 |
145,209 |
149,128 |
154,401 |
159,818 |
168,591 |
