Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 May 2014
628. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the estimated number of farmers in each county with suckler cows; the number of applications received in 2014, broken down by county, for the beef genomics scheme 2014 and the beef data programme scheme 2014 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/14]
View answerThe information requested is set out in the tabular statement.
|
County |
Number of suckler cow herds |
Number of applications for both the Beef Genomics Scheme and Beef Data Programme |
No of applications for Beef Data Programme only |
|
Carlow |
881 |
474 |
20 |
|
Cavan |
3,336 |
1,791 |
59 |
|
Clare |
4,621 |
2,763 |
112 |
|
Cork |
5,854 |
2,350 |
93 |
|
Donegal |
4,069 |
2,008 |
86 |
|
Dublin |
218 |
81 |
4 |
|
Galway |
8,176 |
4,173 |
160 |
|
Kerry |
3,888 |
1,824 |
95 |
|
Kildare |
989 |
451 |
23 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,849 |
903 |
40 |
|
Laois |
1,638 |
877 |
37 |
|
Leitrim |
2,614 |
1,578 |
76 |
|
Limerick |
2,770 |
1,065 |
74 |
|
Longford |
1,680 |
984 |
51 |
|
Louth |
663 |
322 |
19 |
|
Mayo |
7,145 |
3,868 |
238 |
|
Meath |
1,932 |
863 |
36 |
|
Monaghan |
2,446 |
1,237 |
61 |
|
Offaly |
1,735 |
843 |
43 |
|
Roscommon |
3,878 |
2,160 |
128 |
|
Sligo |
2,697 |
1,471 |
105 |
|
Tipperary |
3,545 |
1,490 |
75 |
|
Waterford |
1,242 |
487 |
37 |
|
Westmeath |
1,866 |
979 |
45 |
|
Wexford |
1,821 |
881 |
52 |
|
Wicklow |
1,124 |
569 |
29 |
|
- |
72,677 |
36,492 |
1,798 |
