Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 April 2014
157. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of sheep returned on the sheep census for the following P246 Achill, P247 Currane; P248 Dooegs and P249 Slievemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17006/14]
View answerCouncil Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 requires all flock owners to count and return the total number of sheep on their holding each year. The 2013 Census date was 15 December 2013, with returns to my Department required by 31 January 2014. This closing date was subsequently extended by two weeks, to 14 February 2014. As processing of these returns remains ongoing at present, the data sought by the Deputy is not currently available. Immediately the process is concluded the data in question will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.
