Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 18 Feb 1964

Vol. 207 No. 8

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports of Demersal Fish.

1.

Mr. P. O'Donnell

asked the Taoiseach the total weight and value of imports of demersal fish in respect of each month of 1963.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Mr. J. Brennan)

With your permission, Sir, I propose to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the information requested by the Deputy in so far as it is available.

The Official Import List does not contain separate classifications for demersal fish apart from plaice (fresh, chilled or frozen), smoked coley and tusk and smoked cod. It is believed, however, that demersal varieties account for most of the imports in the other categories covered by the statement.

Following is the statement:—

IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF FISH IN EACH MONTH JANUARY — DECEMBER, 1963

	Fish, fresh, chilled or frozen	Fish, smoked	Fish, dried or salted
Month	Plaice	Other(except herrings)	Coley and tusk	Cod	Other(except herrings)
Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
	cwt.	£	cwt.	£	cwt.	£	cwt.	£	cwt.	£	cwt.	£
January	1,595	11,452	875	10,333	1,652	10,623	425	3,886	501	4,111	351	2,840
February	2,032	9,982	799	12,839	3,469	20,714	355	3,195	375	3,168	195	1,349
March	1,781	10,120	365	3,049	2,264	12,118	332	2,700	331	2,666	212	1,462
April	452	3,668	110	1,167	1,470	8,282	217	1,846	342	2,691	49	400
May	724	5,134	666	9,356	1,411	8,366	170	1,636	399	3,973	36	251
June	657	4,941	581	8,133	944	5,597	199	1,780	264	2,346	53	377
July	597	4,480	525	6,606	1,147	6,526	212	1,816	474	3,280	96	645
August	1,049	6,648	224	2,835	965	5,583	159	1,548	198	1,944	277	1,689
September	536	4,020	1,748	10,228	1,544	8,992	153	1,581	581	4,699	127	892
October	580	4,326	490	4,424	1,575	9,928	96	1,097	585	4,839	668	2,438
November	456	3,509	715	9,723	1,238	8,338	72	739	602	5,455	686	4,002
December	1,079	7,657	496	4,889	1,219	8,803	259	2,722	281	3,067	278	1,638