Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1177. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live cattle exported monthly; the mode of transportation used; and their ultimate destination from 2021 to date, in tabular form. [56487/23]
View answerThe data below show the cattle transported from the State and includes intra-community trade with EU countries and exports to 3rd countries.
Live Cattle transport from the State 2021, 2022 & 2023, by Country of Destination
|
Country |
|
No of Animals |
|
|
By Dedicated Livestock Vessel |
|
|
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
|
|
|
ALGERIA |
380 |
|
|
|
|
|
AUSTRIA |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
BELGIUM |
|
|
2044 |
|
|
|
BULGARIA |
2403 |
450 |
119 |
|
|
|
CROATIA |
433 |
62 |
|
|
|
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
|
17 |
|
|
|
|
EGYPT |
|
3623 |
|
|
3623 |
|
ENGLAND |
2271 |
2566 |
2939 |
|
|
|
ESTONIA |
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
FRANCE |
935 |
79 |
2628 |
|
|
|
GERMANY |
|
8 |
3 |
|
|
|
GREECE |
2229 |
2653 |
2245 |
|
|
|
HUNGARY |
4175 |
1463 |
1862 |
|
|
|
ISRAEL |
6840 |
|
|
|
6840 |
|
ITALY |
36465 |
29845 |
29754 |
|
|
|
JORDAN |
|
3389 |
|
|
3389 |
|
KAZAKHSTAN |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
KOSOVO (SERBIA) |
34 |
66 |
44 |
|
|
|
LATVIA |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
LEBANON |
1070 |
791 |
|
|
|
|
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA |
2405 |
9190 |
6467 |
|
18062 |
|
LITHUANIA |
|
101 |
120 |
|
|
|
LUXEMBOURG |
|
4 |
49 |
|
|
|
MOROCCO |
30 |
111 |
|
|
|
|
NETHERLANDS |
107281 |
97779 |
49180 |
|
|
|
NORTHERN IRELAND |
54393 |
48795 |
72784 |
|
|
|
POLAND |
16987 |
3973 |
1544 |
|
|
|
PORTUGAL |
280 |
113 |
190 |
|
|
|
ROMANIA |
3532 |
76 |
100 |
|
|
|
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
|
|
244 |
|
|
|
SCOTLAND |
666 |
664 |
641 |
|
|
|
SLOVAKIA |
1584 |
1293 |
121 |
|
|
|
SLOVENIA |
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
SPAIN |
75043 |
73238 |
73537 |
|
|
|
TUNISIA |
235 |
|
|
|
|
|
TURKEY |
2229 |
5572 |
|
|
7801 |
|
WALES |
700 |
419 |
441 |
|
|
|
OVERALL TOTAL |
322710 |
286351 |
247556 |
|
39715 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ro-Ro Ferry Transport |
311236 |
264577 |
241089 |
|
|
|
Dedicated Livestock Vessel Transport |
11474 |
21774 |
6467 |
|
|
Annual statistics only currently available.
Unless otherwise indicated, transport is by road and Ro-Ro ferry
Summary:
Of the 856,617 cattle transported from Ireland over the three year period in question (2021, 2022 & 2023), 39,715 cattle were transported by Dedicated Livestock Vessel (Walk-On Walk-Off) while the remaining 816,902 cattle were transported by Truck and Ferry (Roll-On Roll-Off).
