Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 February 2019
157. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 19 February 2019, the locations these UK origin cows were slaughtered; the number of days these cows were resident in Irish herds before they were sent to slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9870/19]
View answerI refer to the answer given in Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 19th February 2019.
The statistics were extracted from the Department's Animal Identification Movement (AIM) database. On the Department's Animal Identification Movement (AIM) database the origin of an animal is based on the location of the particular herd it is born into.
With regard to animals imported directly from the UK for slaughter purposes in Ireland, the export location will be listed as the last animal movement outside the jurisdiction on the Department’s AIM database. The AIM database does not record animal movement histories before this point.
Animals moved for such purposes will move directly from the given import location in Ireland to the approved slaughter facility, and consequently do not spend any time in residence on Irish farms.
Table: UK Tagged animals by location of slaughter facility
|
Province |
2017 |
2018 |
|
ULSTER |
143 |
435 |
|
MUNSTER |
86 |
517 |
|
LEINSTER |
6393 |
4469 |
|
CONNAUGHT |
563 |
699 |
