Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 December 2020
190. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of livestock movements, that is, sales of cattle and sheep, between buyer and seller from farm to farm including marts for 2019; and the number to date in 2020. [40638/20]
View answerMovements of cattle and sheep within the State are recorded on my Department's Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) database. AIM does not record sales data.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the Table attached. It should be noted that the 2020 figures are those recorded on the AIM database as at 27th November 2020.
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CATTLE AND SHEEP MOVEMENTS RECORDED ON THE ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND MOVEMENT DATABASE Full Year 2019 and in 2020 (up to 27/11/2020) |
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Cattle |
Sheep |
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2019 |
2020 (to 27/11) |
2019 |
2020 (to 27/11) |
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Movements from |
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Farm to Mart |
1,669,138 |
1,429,970 |
1,409,360 |
1,409,105 |
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Farm to Farm |
1,301,334 |
1,524,475 |
578,291 |
632,399 |
