Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 November 2014
89. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which beef production and beef prices here have fluctuated annually over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43475/14]
View answerThe numbers of animals slaughtered at DAFM approved facilities over the last 5 years are provided below. This includes the number of animals slaughtered in 2014 to-date which is over 10% higher than the number slaughtered in the same period last year and nearly 20% ahead of the same period in 2012.
Slaughter figures
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 (YTD) |
|
1,637,431 |
1,559,684 |
1,391,586 |
1,485,772 |
1,385,825 |
As demonstrated by the figures below, the price paid for R3 steers in Ireland climbed steadily over the four years to 2013, before declining in 2014 . Nonetheless, it should be noted that the average year-to-date figure in 2014 is well ahead of the average figure in the years preceding 2012.
R3 Steer Price (cents/kilo excluding VAT)
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 (YTD) |
|
291.39 |
343.65 |
386.38 |
407.47 |
368.91 |
