Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 November 2013
151. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, on an annual basis for the past five years, the value of exports of thoroughbred horses and the number of horses being exported. [48560/13]
View answerThe following figures are taken from Horse Racing Ireland Factbooks 2008-2012:
|
Year |
Number of Irish foaled thoroughbred horses exported |
Number of Irish foaled exported thoroughbred horses sold through auction* |
Value of Irish foaled exported thoroughbred horses sold through auction* € |
|
2012 |
4,837 |
3,497 |
174,338,505 |
|
2011 |
4,987 |
3,640 |
156,493,083 |
|
2010 |
5,181 |
3,803 |
146,947,956 |
|
2009 |
5,315 |
4,195 |
174,405,744 |
|
2008 |
5,016 |
4,195 |
182,449,256 |
*excludes private sales
