Agriculture Industry

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 July 2023

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Questions (586)

Pádraig O'Sullivan

Question:

586. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farms in each county; to outline, in tabular form, the number of dairy farms with the following: less than 100 dairy cows, 101 to 150 dairy cows, 151 to 200 dairy cows, 201 to 250 dairy cows, 251 to 300 dairy cows, 301 to 350 dairy cows, 351-400 dairy cows, and farms with more than 400 dairy cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34332/23]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Based on the current information available to my Department the following table details the number of dairy farms in each county according to alphabetical order

County	No of Dairy farms
Carlow	177
Cavan	614
Clare	528
Cork	3,810
Donegal	225
Dublin	25
Galway	486
Kerry	1,403
Kildare	169
Kilkenny	888
Laois	478
Leitrim	38
Limerick	1,319
Longford	140
Louth	159
Mayo	297
Meath	474
Monaghan	569
Offaly	390
Roscommon	101
Sligo	132
Tipperary	1,714
Waterford	720
Westmeath	278
Wexford	785
Wicklow	236

The breakdown of the number of cows on dairy farms is described in the following table.

Dairy cow numbers	No of dairy herds
<100	11,143
100-150	2,900
151-200	1,050
201-250	471
251-300	242
301-350	136
351-400	85
400+	128

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