Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 3 Aug 1961

Vol. 191 No. 15

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Reactor Cattle: Department losses on Purchase and Sale of Stores.

22.

Mr. Sweetman

asked the Minister for Agriculture how many store reactors have been sold to registered exporters in each month in 1961 to date; how many in each month were slaughtered in Dublin abattoir; and if he will state the total amounts paid in each case.

23.

Mr. Sweetman

asked the Minister for Agriculture how many (a) cow reactors and (b) store reactors were bought in each county in each month of 1961 to date; and how each such county was grouped for the purpose of tender for the sales thereof.

25.

Mr. Sweetman

asked the Minister for Agriculture what losses were suffered by his Department in each month of 1960 and 1961 to date on the purchase and sale of store cattle in each county, and the totals thereof.

Dr. Ryan (for the Minister for Agriculture)

The replies to questions Nos. 22, 23 and 25 are in the form of tabular statements which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report.

Following are the statements:—

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION SCHEME.

Number of Cow reactors bought in each County in each month of 1961.

County	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	Total
Carlow	186	71	62	43	56	56	79	553
Cavan	134	63	107	62	44	66	27	503
Clare	139	58	20	14	31	21	55	338
Donegal	35	9	4	—	15	—	—	63
Dublin	108	211	122	55	151	102	77	826
Galway	37	27	19	4	3	14	39	143
Kildare	214	130	154	134	190	171	229	1,222
Laois	377	294	160	208	131	130	224	1,524
Leitrim	33	81	26	16	9	8	18	191
Longford	117	100	79	43	90	44	52	525
Louth	116	52	35	30	53	56	79	421
Mayo	10	17	5	—	13	32	18	95
Meath	535	280	246	214	234	280	210	1,999
Monaghan	122	37	63	45	24	52	10	353
Offaly	209	165	102	134	156	282	395	1,443
Roscommon	44	22	11	3	1	11	8	100
Sligo	—	3	2	11	1	3	17	37
Westmeath	153	71	108	73	112	173	233	923
Wexford	652	263	306	154	162	251	221	2,009
Wicklow	153	107	136	77	45	94	107	719
	3,374	2,061	1,767	1,320	1,521	1,846	2,098	13,987
Pedigree Cows:
Cork	78	43	50	28	54	30	36	319
Kerry	—	23	4	5	—	16	—	48
Kilkenny	18	8	6	14	3	10	1	60
Limerick	17	11	6	10	10	1	9	64
Tipperary	16	11	3	9	6	8	6	59
Waterford	18	3	11	3	4	9	2	50
	147	99	80	69	77	74	54	600

Number of Store Reactors bought in each county in each month of 1961.

County	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	Total
Carlow	9	4	4	2	—	8	6	33
Cavan	99	67	96	56	64	103	36	521
Clare	169	126	63	20	35	42	78	533
Cork	5	3	—	5	15	—	1	29
Donegal	39	20	9	11	8	20	—	107
Dublin	15	8	—	6	1	4	9	43
Galway	70	61	13	21	25	35	89	314
Kerry	—	2	—	—	—	—		2
Kildare	5	15	3	35	164	485	708	1,415
Kilkenny	29	11	3	9	5	10	—	67
Laois	5	7	4	2	—	2	—	20
Leitrim	56	43	35	23	6	7	17	187
Limerick	5	1	—	—	—	—	3	9
Longford	181	128	136	83	141	81	124	874
Louth	2	4	—	12	84	108	78	288
Mayo	15	21	1	10	7	64	63	181
Meath	23	26	8	—	278	441	551	1,327
Monaghan	120	36	66	81	55	63	49	470
Offaly	—	—	3	68	115	266	383	835
Roscommon	98	28	9	7	14	19	33	208
Sligo	1	4	4	4	5	3	7	28
Tipperary	9	4	8	12	10	20	19	82
Waterford	13	14	12	—	3	6	14	62
Westmeath	2	—	—	10	70	362	310	754
Wexford	5	8	2	8	1	2	4	30
Wicklow	0	4	—	9	13	29	37	92
	975	645	479	494	1,119	2,180	2,619	8,511

GROUPING OF COUNTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF TENDER FOR SALES OF REACTOR CATTLE.

Quarter ended 31st March, 1961	Quarter ended 30th June, 1961.
Cows and Stores	Cows and Stores
(Separate tenders for each category)	(Separate tenders for each category)
(1) Cavan, Monaghan, Longford.	(1) Cavan, Monaghan, Longford.
(2) Clare.	(2) Clare, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo.
(3) Donegal.
(4) Galway.	(3) Louth, Meath.
(5) Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo.	(4) Dublin.
(6) Mayo.	(5) Kildare, West Wicklow.
(7) Louth, Meath.	(6) Westmeath, Offaly.
(8) Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow.	(7) Carlow, Laois, East Wicklow.
(9) Westmeath, Offaly.	(8) Waterford, Kilkenny.
(10) Carlow, Laois.	(9) Wexford.
(11) Waterford, Kilkenny.	(10) Tipperary, Limerick.
(12) Wexford	(11) Cork.
(13) Tipperary, Limerick.	(12) Kerry.
(14) Cork.
(15) Kerry.

Quarter ending 30th September, 1961.

Cows and Stores	Cows and Stores
(Separate tenders for each category)	(combined tender)
(1) Carlow, Laois, East Wicklow.	(1) Clare, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo.
(2) Cavan, Monaghan, Longford.
(3) Kildare, West Wicklow.	(2) Cork.
(4) Louth, Meath.	(3) Kerry.
(5) Offaly, Westmeath.	(4) Tipperary, Limerick.
(6) Wexford.	(5) Waterford, Kilkenny.
	(6) Dublin.

Store Reactors Sold to Registered Exporters.

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
1961 Month	Number of Store Reactors sold to Registered Exporters	Number of (b) Slaughtered at Dublin Abattoir	Amounts paid to Department by Exporters for Store Reactors
			(£)
January	975	Nil	24,860
February	645	Nil	18,259
March	479	Nil	10,070
April	494	Nil	12,298
May	1,119	Nil	28,435
June	2,180	Nil	60,135
July	Particulars for complete month not yet available.
TOTALS	5,892	Nil	154,057
(to 30th June, 1961)

Losses on Store Reactors.

Month(all Counties)(See footnote)	Estimated Losses on Purchase and Sale of Store Reactors
1960	1961
	(£)	(£)
January	67,002	17,631
February	103,288	13,214
March	276,063	14,932
April	82,256	11,826
May	55,401	27,829
June	46,228	49,594
July	46,635	Pars. for complete month not yet available
August	35,670
September	54,896
October	27,888
November	27,206
December	16,287
TOTALS	838,820	135,026

NOTE.—To apportion the losses by County would take a very considerable amount of time and labour.

Mr. Sweetman

Would the Minister give me the two totals in respect of No. 22?

Dr. Ryan

One is 13,987 and the other is 600.