Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2022
382. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals in the national dairy herd in each of the years 2003 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52565/22]
View answerPreliminary CSO data for June 2022 shows dairy cow numbers at 1,627,300, an increase of 1.4% over the same period in 2021.
Detailed information on dairy cow numbers by year is published in the June and December editions of the CSO Crops and Livestock Survey each year, which is available on the CSO website.
