Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2020
615. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovine animals found to have failed the TB eradication test in each of the past five years to date in respect of both the dairy herd and the beef herd. [13703/20]
View answerThe information requested is set out in the table below.
|
Herd Type |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
BEEF |
1,664 |
1,568 |
1,838 |
1,990 |
1,802 |
|
DAIRY |
7,021 |
8,964 |
8,580 |
9,186 |
8,813 |
|
OTHER |
371 |
351 |
337 |
395 |
347 |
|
SUCKLER |
6,300 |
6,077 |
6,590 |
5,976 |
5,841 |
|
Total |
15,356 |
16,960 |
17,345 |
17,547 |
16,803 |
