Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 May 2021
235. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units by week in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [28542/21]
View answerControlled Finishing Units as part of the TB Eradication Programme are subject to enhanced biosecurity measures and can only sell direct to slaughter.
Kill numbers (rounded) at EU approved slaughter plants originating in Controlled Finishing Units by month and year
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
|
January |
20,000 |
24,000 |
28,000 |
25,000 |
25,500 |
|
February |
20,000 |
24,500 |
26,000 |
27,000 |
25,500 |
|
March |
21,500 |
24,500 |
27,000 |
27,000 |
28,500 |
|
April |
19,500 |
26,000 |
29,000 |
20,000 |
28,000 |
|
May |
25,000 |
29,000 |
31,000 |
22,500 |
|
|
June |
24,500 |
27,500 |
25,500 |
26,500 |
|
|
July |
19,500 |
24,500 |
26,000 |
26,500 |
|
|
August |
20,000 |
21,500 |
20,000 |
21,000 |
|
|
September |
18,500 |
18,500 |
13,000 |
22,000 |
|
|
October |
20,500 |
23,500 |
21,500 |
24,000 |
|
|
November |
28,500 |
26,500 |
20,000 |
27,500 |
|
|
December |
25,500 |
25,000 |
21,500 |
30,000 |
|
|
Total |
263,000 |
295,000 |
288,500 |
299,000 |
107,500 |
These figures are published on a monthly basis on the Department section of the gov.ie website.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/f55f2-bovine-birth-and-movements-monthly-reports/#kill-numbers-at-eu-approved-slaughter-plants-originating-in-controlled-finishing-units
These figures are not produced on a weekly basis.
