Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2020
554. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle live exported to Northern Ireland for slaughter since Covid-19 in tabular form; and the number exported in each of the years 2017 to 2019. [13837/20]
View answerThe following table shows the numbers of cattle (including both calves and adult cattle) exported to Northern Ireland from week 13 (w/c 30/03/20) to week 25 (w/c 22/06/20), with comparative data for previous years. My Department does not have data on the number of these animals slaughtered in Northern Ireland.
Exports to Northern Ireland of 14,321 live cattle between weeks 13 and 25 can be compared to total cattle slaughterings in Ireland in the same period of over 382,000.
|
Live Exports to NI |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
(Cattle & Calves) |
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|
Week 13 |
482 |
247 |
909 |
426 |
|
Week 14 |
657 |
465 |
989 |
397 |
|
Week 15 |
725 |
431 |
1,097 |
597 |
|
Week 16 |
607 |
371 |
945 |
661 |
|
Week 17 |
642 |
479 |
827 |
812 |
|
Week 18 |
791 |
419 |
999 |
977 |
|
Week 19 |
666 |
612 |
910 |
826 |
|
Week 20 |
548 |
530 |
785 |
1,249 |
|
Week 21 |
486 |
341 |
616 |
1,274 |
|
Week 22 |
602 |
385 |
650 |
1,279 |
|
Week 23 |
381 |
359 |
508 |
1,955 |
|
Week 24 |
591 |
339 |
436 |
1,842 |
|
Week 25 |
293 |
338 |
464 |
2,026 |
|
Subtotal Week 13-25 |
7,471 |
5,316 |
10,135 |
14,321 |
|
Annual Total |
26,071 |
24,627 |
33,506 |
Note that information on live exports and other metrics for beef and other meats is available in the weekly Meat Market Reports located here:
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmingsectors/beef/beeffactorypricesweeklyreports/2020/meatmarketreportsweeklyupdates/
