Peadar Tóibín
Question:494. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lamb imports into the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21722/24]
View answerTuesday, 14 May 2024
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All live animals being imported or exported must travel with a health certificate validated by an official veterinarian specifying that the animals fulfil the basic animal health requirements as set out in relevant EU regulations.
My Department does not retain information on veterinary certification for imported sheep prior to 2017. The table hereunder provides data on the quantities of live sheep imported annually for the years 2017 to 2023 inclusive.
|
Year |
Quantity imported (no. of head) |
|
2017 |
492,776 |
|
2018 |
521,798 |
|
2019 |
461,522 |
|
2020 |
446,107 |
|
2021 |
367,936 |
|
2022 |
422,160 |
|
2023 |
435,088 |
Source: TRACES