Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
1740. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live sheep that were exported from Ireland per month in the calendar year of 2022; the destinations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63141/22]
View answerThe intra-EU movement of animals is recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), which is the EU-wide online management tool for all sanitary and phytosanitary requirements on intra-EU trade and importation of animals, semen and embryo, food, feed and plants.
My Department uses the TRACES system for official certification of sheep movements in terms of both imports and exports for the purposes of slaughter, breeding and fattening between Ireland and other jurisdictions.
The total numbers of live sheep exported from Ireland per month in calendar year of 2022 to date are as follows:
|
January |
459 |
|
February |
15 |
|
April |
2 |
|
May |
28 |
|
June |
1,872 |
|
July |
7,092 |
|
August |
79 |
|
September |
760 |
|
October |
759 |
|
November |
1,250 |
|
December |
1,037 |
|
Total: |
13,353 |
By destination in 2022:
|
Belgium |
1963 |
|
France |
7917 |
|
Germany |
44 |
|
Italy |
149 |
|
Netherlands |
1060 |
|
Portugal |
16 |
|
Romania |
10 |
|
Spain |
11 |
|
Switzerland |
37 |
|
United Kingdom (Great Britain) |
19 |
|
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |
2127 |
|
Total: |
13353 |
