Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 November 2021
723. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 12 October 2021, the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54636/21]
View answerControlled Finishing Units as part of the bovine TB Eradication Programme are subject to enhanced biosecurity measures and can only sell direct to slaughter. The following table shows the number of cattle slaughtered at EU approved slaughter plants originating in Controlled Finishing Units in September 2021.
|
Month |
2021 |
|
September |
25,500 |
The figures are published on my Department's section of the gov.ie website on a monthly basis. The figures for a previous month only become available midway through the following month. See the link below for the current figures available to date in 2021.
www.gov.ie/en/collection/f55f2-bovine-birth-and-movements-monthly-reports/#kill-numbers-at-eu-approved-slaughter-plants-originating-in-controlled-finishing-units
