Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 February 2013
568. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value and range of meat products, including horse meat, imported each year for the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9683/13]
View answerThe following table, drawn from the official CSO Trade Statistics gives a breakdown of meat imports into Ireland in 2012 and 2011.
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|
2011 |
2012 |
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|
Category of Meat |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
Poultry |
284,092 |
85,998 |
326,909 |
99,187 |
|
Pigmeat |
214,044 |
79,027 |
243,634 |
81,983 |
|
Beef |
158,459 |
46,240 |
150,054 |
40,032 |
|
Sheepmeat |
14,230 |
3,444 |
18,384 |
3,668 |
|
Other Meat & Meat Produce |
40,739 |
12,193 |
38,700 |
11,331 |
|
Including, Meat of Horses, Asses, Mules of Hinnies |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0* |
|
Grand Total |
711,564 |
226,902 |
777,681 |
236,201 |
* The weight of product is too low to feature in official statistics
