Written Answers Nos. 168-187
168. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if the national development plan, Project Ireland 2040 funding will be allocated to bring County Donegal's maternity services into alignment with the national maternity strategy and national maternity standards; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10704/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe implementation of the National Maternity Strategy will give rise to significant capital costs over the coming years. Work to identify the precise capital requirement, and the timing of the required capital developments, is ongoing.
However, I am happy to confirm that funding has been provided within the National Development Plan for maternity services infrastructure and this will facilitate the co-location of all remaining stand-alone maternity hospitals with adult acute hospitals. This will see the National Maternity Hospital relocate to the St Vincent's University Hospital campus, University Maternity Hospital Limerick to the UHL campus at Dooradoyle, the Rotunda to the Connolly Hospital campus and the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to the St James's campus.
The NDP funding will also ensure that we are in a position provide the necessary maternity infrastructure to deliver the new model of care espoused in the Strategy. The infrastructural improvements will extend across the country, including in Donegal, and will fund developments such as for example Alongside Birth Centres (low tech birth rooms), Early Pregnancy Assessment Units and appropriate patient support rooms. Such developments will underpin the introduction of the new model of maternity care and ensure that care under the new pathways - Supported, Assisted and Specialised – will be provided in comfort and privacy in high-quality settings.
169. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his views on whether all services contracted by the HSE in the midlands region have been awarded as part of a fair tendering process. [10707/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to you.
170. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when a hospital appointment will be expedited. [10711/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to regulate chiropractors under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 with a view to permitting the listing of chiropractors as qualified professionals under the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Dangers arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2018. [10737/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are no plans at present to designate Chiropractors for regulation under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, 2005. The priority is to bring to completion, possibly by 2019, the regulation of the fourteen professions currently designated under the Act, increasing to sixteen professions with the designation of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in the coming weeks. Chiropractors are one of a growing number of professions seeking to be designated for regulation by CORU.
Once all designated professions are regulated, a comprehensive risk assessment will be undertaken to bring forward recommendations to the Minister on the next phase of professions to be regulated and the various regulatory options for consideration based on the need for proportionate regulation and the degree of regulatory force to be applied relative to the degree of risk involved.
The statutory instrument transposing the Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD) will designate those who may refer for radiological tests, those who may carry them out and other functions and in this regard I propose to designate nurses, doctors, dentists and radiographers as appropriate.
172. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when a service will be restored at hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10747/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.
173. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the reason the orthopaedic outpatients department has been discontinued at Ennis General Hospital and transferred to Croom, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10757/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
174. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the date this content was published; the purpose of this content; the cost of its publication; the publication or platform on which it was published, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10775/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Healthy Ireland 2018 communications and citizen engagement campaign is being delivered in collaboration with the Strategic Communications Unit (SCU) in Department of an Taoiseach. The SCU commissioned the relevant content and has responsibility for associated costs.
Three sponsored features appeared in the Irish Independent newspaper supplements, viz the Saturday magazine on the 13th, 20th and 27th of January 2018 and there was also a 48-page magazine supplement which accompanied the newspaper on Saturday 3rd February 2018.
The content in the magazine and the three sponsored features was aligned to the key themes and messages of the communications and citizen engagement campaign, ie Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Mental Well-being
The purpose of the articles and the magazine was to promote awareness for the public of these themes and the campaign which is an essential element of the overall implementation of Healthy Ireland; to provide information and tips about what changes people can make in their daily lives to improve their own health; and signpost to various initiatives and supports such as HSE websites and resources and cross-sectorial initiatives such as Get Ireland Walking, Healthy Ireland At Your Library etc.
175. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay to date; if an issue has been identified regarding the payment; the solution in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10454/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2016 and has received all payments in respect of 2016.
All GLAS claims must clear validation checks before payment can be made. My Department is working proactively to complete the checks required to allow for the issue of payments. Once this case clears the validations the 2017 advance payment will be processed. GLAS payments are issuing on a weekly basis.
176. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry plantation (details supplied); if it will be reinspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10455/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraLands submitted under the afforestation schemes must be capable of establishing a forest crop to full rotation and any site which cannot be adequately drained should not be submitted for preplanting approval or for payment. The owner planted the forest in 2005, consisting of 3 plots on a total site of 15.92ha. Following inspection, Plot 1, consisting of 3.15 ha, was excluded from the eligible payment area because of flooding and drainage problems.
An appeal lodged in January 2006 against the Department’s decision to exclude Plot 1 was unsuccessful, with the Appeals Inspector reporting, following a re-inspection, that “Plot 1 is unplantable due to poor drainage evident on site and no obvious potential outlet nearby”.
A further inspection in November 2006 reported that Plot 1 was “again under water”.
A further appeal was submitted in April 2010 and a further inspection was carried out, but the appeal was unsuccessful, with the Appeals Inspector reporting “no evidence of new drainage works that would alleviate the original flooding problem’.
In 2015, a further review of Plot 1 was carried out following a request of the named owner. The original decision to exclude the area from the grant application was upheld during this review. The reason provided for the decision was that lands that have a high water table and cannot be drained to alleviate flooding are not conducive to the successful establishment of trees to maturity.
Another inspection of the area was carried out in February 2018. The results of the inspection report will be communicated to the named person when available.
177. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a REPS 4 payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person concerned commenced in REPS 4 on 1 June 2009 and was paid in respect of 2009. The application was subject to an on-farm inspection on 01 November 2010. As a result of this inspection, issues were identified which required the submission of an adjusted plan by the participant. Despite several requests for this to be submitted, the participant did not submit any adjusted plan and the application was rejected from the Reps 4 scheme on 26 April 2011. No further payments issued or are due to issue.
178. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined with a view of payment. [10515/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can confirm that my Department does not have a record of having received an application under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) from the person named. This case will now be reviewed and an official from my Department will contact the person concerned directly.
In 2018, applications under the BPS must be lodged on-line and paper application forms have not issued as in previous years. However correspondence has issued to all 2017 applicants under the BPS setting out the latest land details available to my Department, the Terms & Conditions of the 2018 BPS and advising applicants how to apply on-line in 2018. I will arrange to have this material resent to the person named.
179. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who work at his Department’s offices at Johnstown Castle, Wexford town, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are some 266 staff of my Department currently located at DAFM office in Johnstown Castle Co Wexford. In addition to these staff, other DAFM officials work in other locations in Co Wexford including food businesses.
180. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application for an aquaculture licence by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10696/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has received new and renewal aquaculture applications from the person referred to by the Deputy. These applications are in respect of sites located within the Slyne Head Peninsula Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
Slyne Head Peninsula has been designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive. All applications in such areas are required to be appropriately assessed for the purpose of environmental compliance with the EU Birds and Habitats Directives.
An Appropriate Assessment report has now been completed by the Marine Institute in respect of Slyne Head. My Department is currently examining the general licensing issues that arise for consideration as a result of the Appropriate Assessment report.
While the Appropriate Assessment is carried out on a bay-wide basis, each licence application within the bay must be assessed individually. Factors to be considered include location within the bay, species, scale and intensity of production, potential visual impact, etc. All applications, in compliance with the requirements of the applicable legislation, are advertised in order to facilitate public consultation, and submissions or observations received must be considered as part of the licence determination process.
Every effort is being made to expedite the determination of aquaculture licence applications in this bay having regard to all the complexities involved.
181. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for aquaculture licences that have not been decided to date, by year of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10697/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe detailed information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in full. Provision of the information sought will require an extensive examination of my Department’s records. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy within 2 weeks.
182. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reimburse money to sugar beet growers and processors for the years 1991 to 2001 in view of the 2017 judgment of the European Court of Justice on the excess levies paid. [10709/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn 9 February 2017, the European Court of Justice delivered a judgment declaring invalid the Commission Regulations fixing the production levies and the coefficient for calculating the additional levy in the sugar sector for the marketing year 1999/2000 and for the marketing year 2000/2001. The Court ruled that the Commission was incorrect in calculating the annual levies set for the period in question. The Court also found that the method used by the Commission to fix the levies was incorrect because it led to an over-estimation of the costs to be covered and consequently overcharged to Greencore and the growers. The levies for the marketing years in question, set by EU Regulation, provided for a self-financing system for the sugar sector by means of flexible production levies. Under EU Regulations the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector was based on the operation of a quota system on the principle that producers should bear full financial responsibility for the losses incurred each marketing year due to disposing of surplus sugar over the production quota allocated.
A new Council Regulation (EU) 2018/264 fixing the production levies and the coefficient for calculating the additional levy in the sugar sector for the 1999/2000 marketing year and fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2000/2001 marketing year, giving effect to the Court decision, were recently approved by the Council of Agriculture Ministers. The former sugar processor, Greencore and the sugar beet growers for the years in question will be reimbursed at a rate yet to be determined. My Department is currently assessing the implications of this decision. No further details are available yet on the level of refund or the number of recipients.
183. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each instance of advertorial content commissioned by his Department and agencies under its remit in the past 12 months; the date this content was published; the purpose of this content; the cost of its publication; the publication or platform on which it was published, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10765/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can confirm that the practice in my Department is not to utilise advertorials as a communications mechanism.
In one instance during the period referenced, my Department paid for a newspaper supplement detailing information in respect of a key Department scheme, namely the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). The information provided was part of a public information campaign, and was consistent with EU Regulations requiring that all BPS applications be made online in 2018.
The supplement in question was published in April 2017, approaching the deadline for applications to the BPS. It appeared as a dedicated section of the relevant newspaper and was clearly identifiable as part of the Department's information provision in respect of relevant services of significant importance to farmers.
The content was published at a cost of €12,000 (+ VAT). The purpose of the content was to inform farmers on the relevant logistics of the application process and in particular, the benefits in engaging with the process via the applicable online application system.
In relation to the State Bodies under the aegis of this Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. A copy of the question has been forwarded to them for appropriate attention.
184. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which beef is exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final year figures for 2017 of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10782/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2017 Irish agrifood exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.6 billion. Within that, meat exports including beef, sheepmeat, pigmeat and poultry came to a total of over €3.78 billion.
The total value of beef exports, including offal, was more than €2.4 billion in 2017; an increase of 6% overall on the 2016 figures (€2.2 billion). The volume of exports rose by almost 21.5 million tonnes from 532.5 million in 2016 to 554 million in 2017.
The following table of Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures outline the breakdown of Ireland's exports by county. In view of the volume of statistical data collected as part of agrifood trade statistics, some errors in respect of individual products may occur. Where these anomalies are identified, the Department will liaise with the Central Statistics Office to highlight and amend the information as required.
|
BEEF EXPORTS |
|
Jan-Dec 2016 |
Jan-Dec 2016 |
Jan-Dec 2017 |
Jan-Dec 2017 |
|
|
Country |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
|
Great Britain |
1,001,530 |
238,216 |
1,048,822 |
241,867 |
|
|
France |
207,414 |
52,901 |
218,422 |
52,295 |
|
|
Netherlands |
201,652 |
39,726 |
194,661 |
38,588 |
|
|
Italy |
163,532 |
22,269 |
178,214 |
25,011 |
|
|
Germany |
134,299 |
16,927 |
138,182 |
16,996 |
|
|
Northern Ireland |
113,617 |
31,928 |
118,697 |
33,678 |
|
|
Sweden |
96,111 |
26,947 |
97,807 |
23,983 |
|
|
Spain |
58,766 |
10,020 |
60,981 |
10,116 |
|
|
Belgium |
50,854 |
7,375 |
52,664 |
6,780 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
42,883 |
16,035 |
76,641 |
25,570 |
|
|
Denmark |
38,461 |
9,566 |
40,938 |
12,709 |
|
|
Switzerland |
25,027 |
2,121 |
26,835 |
2,311 |
|
|
Philippines |
23,664 |
14,133 |
39,116 |
20,400 |
|
|
Czech Republic |
13,105 |
2,546 |
15,296 |
2,705 |
|
|
Portugal |
12,245 |
2,752 |
17,028 |
3,449 |
|
|
Poland |
11,697 |
4,467 |
12,395 |
4,422 |
|
|
United States |
9,840 |
1,772 |
7,719 |
1,571 |
|
|
Ghana |
7,972 |
8,346 |
9,441 |
9,071 |
|
|
Japan |
7,530 |
1,322 |
6,892 |
1,260 |
|
|
Malta |
6,780 |
933 |
7,505 |
988 |
|
|
Vietnam |
4,042 |
1,741 |
3,504 |
1,194 |
|
|
Luxembourg |
3,705 |
275 |
3,921 |
288 |
|
|
Senegal |
2,693 |
3,379 |
2,291 |
2,850 |
|
|
Ivory Coast |
2,661 |
4,278 |
4,571 |
6,794 |
|
|
Austria |
2,561 |
660 |
2,030 |
499 |
|
|
Finland |
2,412 |
444 |
2,610 |
408 |
|
|
Israel |
2,219 |
353 |
2,143 |
372 |
|
|
Slovakia |
2,101 |
432 |
737 |
125 |
|
|
Hungary |
1,691 |
634 |
1,201 |
492 |
|
|
Canada |
1,687 |
450 |
2,728 |
618 |
|
|
South Africa |
1,591 |
1,792 |
2,456 |
1,997 |
|
|
Trinidad & Tabago |
1,453 |
448 |
1,025 |
216 |
|
|
Gabon |
1,284 |
824 |
351 |
250 |
|
|
Liberia |
1,179 |
1,084 |
579 |
648 |
|
|
Australia |
1,147 |
573 |
140 |
25 |
|
|
Togo |
875 |
924 |
60 |
76 |
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
800 |
62 |
801 |
63 |
|
|
Singapore |
798 |
290 |
1,560 |
624 |
|
|
Mozambique |
573 |
757 |
189 |
254 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
518 |
197 |
619 |
258 |
|
|
Lithuania |
419 |
357 |
522 |
198 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
346 |
81 |
483 |
78 |
|
|
Bahrain |
329 |
46 |
26 |
1 |
|
|
Libya |
320 |
147 |
362 |
199 |
|
|
Greece |
285 |
78 |
395 |
79 |
|
|
Norway |
243 |
55 |
618 |
110 |
|
|
Barbados |
233 |
74 |
|
|
|
|
Guinea |
207 |
278 |
302 |
381 |
|
|
Congo |
207 |
278 |
12 |
20 |
|
|
South Korea |
188 |
69 |
41 |
25 |
|
|
Tunisia |
161 |
155 |
82 |
79 |
|
|
Angola |
117 |
203 |
38 |
52 |
|
|
Thailand |
116 |
48 |
146 |
76 |
|
|
Georgia |
112 |
171 |
|
|
|
|
Sierra Leone |
102 |
125 |
20 |
25 |
|
|
Estonia |
92 |
33 |
231 |
54 |
|
|
Cyprus |
88 |
15 |
139 |
10 |
|
|
Jamaica |
88 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
Venezuela |
87 |
25 |
|
|
|
|
Turkey |
78 |
78 |
94 |
100 |
|
|
French Polynesia |
72 |
48 |
|
|
|
|
Comoros |
66 |
42 |
58 |
43 |
|
|
Gibraltar |
63 |
16 |
62 |
16 |
|
|
Ukraine |
55 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
Equatorial Guinea |
29 |
25 |
|
|
|
|
Romania |
21 |
20 |
469 |
96 |
|
|
Maldives |
8 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Faroe Islands |
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Ethiopia |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Afghanistan |
|
|
18 |
25 |
|
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
|
|
128 |
152 |
|
|
Croatia |
|
|
129 |
23 |
|
|
Egypt |
|
|
226 |
84 |
|
|
French Southern Terr |
|
|
73 |
25 |
|
|
Gambia |
|
|
23 |
25 |
|
|
Iceland |
|
|
47 |
12 |
|
|
Iran |
|
|
20 |
26 |
|
|
Iraq |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
Latvia |
|
|
6 |
1 |
|
|
Lebanon |
|
|
61 |
100 |
|
|
Slovenia |
|
|
197 |
19 |
|
|
Uganda |
|
|
37 |
52 |
|
Beef Total: |
|
2,267,383 |
532,544 |
2,406,834 |
554,008 |
185. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which dairy products are exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final figures for 2017 of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10783/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2017, Ireland exported dairy products, including dairy ingredients to 147 countries totalling over €4.6 billion worth of produce. The following table, based on CSO data, outlines details in respect of values and tonnage by country.
Irish dairy products have a highly rated and hard earned reputation in terms of quality, safety and sustainability, and this gives them a competitive edge in markets over the world. My Department, in conjunction with other stakeholders, including the Irish dairy companies and agencies such as Bord Bia, are playing a key role in building the market for Irish dairy with intensive Ministerial trade mission programmes and other promotional work. Against the backdrop of our efforts to significantly increase dairy output and grow the sector, export market diversification is of the upmost importance, and this is particularly true in the context of a post-Brexit scenario.
Aggregate dairy exports in 2017 increased by approx 17.6% in value against 2016, indicating another robust performance by the Irish dairy sector in international markets. In view of the volume of statistical data collected as part of agrifood trade statistics, some errors in respect of individual products may occur. Where these anomalies are identified, the Department will liaise with the Central Statistics Office to highlight and amend the information as required
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Irish Dairy Exports by Country |
2016 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 |
|
COUNTRY |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
TOTAL |
3,951,941 |
1,210,286 |
4,647,171 |
1,363,771 |
|
Great Britain |
801,788 |
272,897 |
904,363 |
267,427 |
|
China |
540,766 |
61,433 |
572,456 |
65,458 |
|
Netherlands |
367,985 |
137,849 |
514,268 |
167,135 |
|
Germany |
271,993 |
96,465 |
372,134 |
117,738 |
|
France |
159,290 |
54,383 |
200,947 |
59,643 |
|
United States |
172,435 |
33,819 |
189,037 |
37,930 |
|
Belgium |
84,049 |
25,675 |
154,438 |
30,101 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
130,774 |
23,584 |
132,683 |
21,663 |
|
Nigeria |
68,672 |
37,443 |
95,071 |
45,912 |
|
Hong Kong |
102,354 |
8,196 |
94,782 |
9,084 |
|
Poland |
107,156 |
31,946 |
93,423 |
33,661 |
|
Northern Ireland |
54,844 |
64,493 |
91,891 |
115,020 |
|
Algeria |
42,073 |
16,499 |
70,750 |
21,986 |
|
Spain |
59,071 |
15,655 |
68,944 |
16,217 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
42,370 |
15,844 |
61,048 |
22,237 |
|
Russia |
53,718 |
16,129 |
52,016 |
14,195 |
|
Senegal |
46,634 |
25,927 |
51,526 |
24,607 |
|
Italy |
37,445 |
12,282 |
47,203 |
12,407 |
|
Iraq |
36,073 |
16,040 |
44,551 |
18,298 |
|
Turkey |
22,770 |
6,122 |
42,349 |
8,016 |
|
Mexico |
52,560 |
14,539 |
40,220 |
6,926 |
|
Malaysia |
39,475 |
13,807 |
35,707 |
15,799 |
|
Philippines |
13,143 |
3,838 |
32,079 |
10,212 |
|
South Africa |
18,734 |
7,906 |
30,474 |
10,112 |
|
Japan |
14,851 |
5,192 |
29,933 |
8,606 |
|
Mali |
23,783 |
14,116 |
29,099 |
15,742 |
|
Israel |
27,393 |
3,337 |
26,503 |
3,229 |
|
Egypt |
37,289 |
14,776 |
22,054 |
7,900 |
|
Vietnam |
40,780 |
4,932 |
20,271 |
2,768 |
|
Taiwan |
19,602 |
1,671 |
19,676 |
2,171 |
|
Ghana |
16,272 |
9,782 |
19,394 |
10,350 |
|
Singapore |
18,476 |
5,706 |
17,985 |
7,433 |
|
Jordan |
20,721 |
4,026 |
16,792 |
3,477 |
|
Kuwait |
24,551 |
3,461 |
15,964 |
1,900 |
|
Greece |
17,752 |
3,652 |
15,803 |
3,360 |
|
Indonesia |
20,642 |
10,908 |
15,567 |
6,335 |
|
Thailand |
8,749 |
5,153 |
15,338 |
6,156 |
|
Austria |
13,243 |
5,173 |
15,208 |
4,163 |
|
Peru |
12,469 |
1,864 |
14,977 |
3,352 |
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
12,493 |
7,232 |
14,402 |
7,430 |
|
Morocco |
15,340 |
5,334 |
12,680 |
3,045 |
|
Pakistan |
8,090 |
3,906 |
12,510 |
6,209 |
|
Denmark |
12,764 |
5,011 |
12,509 |
4,810 |
|
Togo |
11,165 |
6,507 |
11,752 |
5,916 |
|
Ivory Coast |
5,815 |
3,299 |
11,488 |
5,771 |
|
Oman |
10,088 |
930 |
11,237 |
1,211 |
|
Canada |
20,685 |
4,267 |
10,503 |
1,361 |
|
Iran |
6,360 |
2,047 |
10,247 |
2,235 |
|
Niger |
2,723 |
1,557 |
9,659 |
4,918 |
|
Burkina Faso |
5,734 |
3,204 |
9,612 |
4,472 |
|
Trinidad & Tabago |
8,228 |
2,795 |
9,195 |
3,044 |
|
New Zealand |
6,210 |
3,562 |
9,130 |
5,512 |
|
Guatemala |
9,583 |
1,656 |
9,003 |
2,029 |
|
Bahrain |
7,430 |
1,798 |
8,606 |
2,166 |
|
Congo |
4,035 |
1,367 |
8,520 |
3,352 |
|
Colombia |
16,842 |
1,851 |
8,360 |
1,064 |
|
Bangladesh |
1,739 |
959 |
8,179 |
3,675 |
|
Lebanon |
7,970 |
2,726 |
7,484 |
2,093 |
|
Angola |
5,671 |
2,941 |
7,470 |
3,448 |
|
Occupied Palestine |
8,376 |
757 |
6,462 |
585 |
|
Afghanistan |
4,815 |
3,012 |
6,329 |
3,096 |
|
Qatar |
5,818 |
668 |
6,319 |
753 |
|
Argentina |
|
|
6,272 |
2,553 |
|
Yemen |
4,734 |
2,679 |
6,240 |
2,507 |
|
Chile |
6,452 |
817 |
5,973 |
890 |
|
Tunisia |
4,681 |
1,416 |
5,725 |
1,658 |
|
Australia |
6,938 |
912 |
5,587 |
1,150 |
|
Panama |
4,518 |
349 |
5,526 |
813 |
|
South Korea |
3,298 |
1,269 |
5,097 |
1,459 |
|
Malta |
3,078 |
1,228 |
4,436 |
1,477 |
|
Burma |
2,007 |
1,275 |
4,290 |
1,518 |
|
Malawi |
3,469 |
1,833 |
4,260 |
1,818 |
|
Czech Republic |
3,898 |
1,195 |
4,256 |
1,176 |
|
Sweden |
3,565 |
900 |
4,081 |
948 |
|
Tanzania United Rep |
2,474 |
1,377 |
3,829 |
1,769 |
|
Costa Rica |
4,027 |
1,388 |
3,591 |
965 |
|
Gambia |
1,378 |
802 |
3,481 |
1,738 |
|
El Salvador |
3,383 |
1,159 |
3,427 |
916 |
|
Switzerland |
2,580 |
633 |
3,248 |
843 |
|
Benin |
1,935 |
1,033 |
3,153 |
1,572 |
|
Mauritania |
664 |
382 |
3,138 |
1,734 |
|
Romania |
3,059 |
1,056 |
3,131 |
881 |
|
Portugal |
3,034 |
762 |
3,090 |
747 |
|
Guinea |
1,216 |
656 |
2,984 |
1,484 |
|
Dominican Republic |
3,716 |
584 |
2,894 |
415 |
|
Kenya |
622 |
285 |
2,579 |
1,397 |
|
Syria |
605 |
692 |
2,212 |
2,555 |
|
Ecuador |
3,850 |
367 |
1,871 |
208 |
|
Mauritius |
1,319 |
484 |
1,842 |
635 |
|
Gabon |
426 |
249 |
1,769 |
860 |
|
Brazil |
2,020 |
399 |
1,693 |
356 |
|
Bahamas |
1,349 |
264 |
1,659 |
300 |
|
Cyprus |
1,936 |
355 |
1,616 |
275 |
|
Libya |
6,724 |
2,933 |
1,560 |
641 |
|
Cameroon |
520 |
234 |
1,485 |
535 |
|
Zimbabwe |
955 |
565 |
1,421 |
756 |
|
Hungary |
436 |
99 |
1,322 |
341 |
|
Zambia |
1,188 |
643 |
1,321 |
743 |
|
Norway |
1,035 |
189 |
1,262 |
243 |
|
Jamaica |
97 |
19 |
1,260 |
499 |
|
Chad |
1,762 |
1,028 |
1,199 |
650 |
|
Surinam |
144 |
8 |
1,199 |
391 |
|
Liberia |
1,245 |
765 |
1,108 |
563 |
|
Seychelles |
1,213 |
200 |
1,039 |
165 |
|
Guyana |
505 |
177 |
909 |
258 |
|
India |
215 |
119 |
907 |
648 |
|
Sudan |
348 |
29 |
900 |
244 |
|
Ethiopia |
550 |
148 |
729 |
80 |
|
Somalia |
585 |
107 |
663 |
94 |
|
Slovenia |
15 |
5 |
604 |
173 |
|
Uruguay |
269 |
87 |
548 |
147 |
|
Slovakia |
1,024 |
355 |
546 |
155 |
|
Bulgaria |
13 |
6 |
509 |
159 |
|
Cape Verde |
195 |
75 |
458 |
152 |
|
Namibia |
0 |
0 |
455 |
150 |
|
Marshall Islands |
0 |
0 |
402 |
208 |
|
Croatia |
0 |
0 |
373 |
111 |
|
Madagascar |
0 |
0 |
359 |
190 |
|
Sierra Leone |
0 |
0 |
308 |
74 |
|
Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
285 |
156 |
|
Cayman Islands |
184 |
37 |
280 |
47 |
|
Cambodia |
1,617 |
113 |
275 |
24 |
|
Belarus |
375 |
78 |
272 |
51 |
|
Lithuania |
246 |
53 |
235 |
48 |
|
New Caledonia |
0 |
0 |
207 |
40 |
|
Barbados |
210 |
42 |
205 |
38 |
|
Mozambique |
136 |
219 |
190 |
98 |
|
Bermuda |
156 |
31 |
171 |
29 |
|
Dominica |
0 |
0 |
168 |
88 |
|
Georgia |
625 |
266 |
144 |
44 |
|
Gibraltar |
156 |
32 |
103 |
18 |
|
Finland |
138 |
51 |
57 |
18 |
|
Grenada |
0 |
0 |
45 |
16 |
|
Guinea Bissau |
0 |
0 |
35 |
15 |
|
Stores & Provisions (Intra EU) |
42 |
13 |
35 |
10 |
|
Maldives |
31 |
45 |
32 |
45 |
|
Estonia |
0 |
0 |
19 |
50 |
|
Nepal |
94 |
50 |
16 |
22 |
|
Sri Lanka |
0 |
0 |
13 |
5 |
|
Moldova |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Saint Helena |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Unknown (Non-EU) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Luxembourg |
0 |
0 |
0.24 |
0.05 |
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
0 |
0 |
0.03 |
0.00 |
|
Iceland |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
0.00 |
|
Serbia |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
|
Haiti |
0 |
0 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Azerbaijan |
235 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
|
Central African Republic |
23 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cuba |
338 |
125 |
0 |
0 |
|
Guam |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Honduras |
809 |
406 |
0 |
0 |
|
Montenegro |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rwanda |
214 |
150 |
0 |
0 |
|
Venezuela |
315 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
186. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which lamb is being exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final figures for 2017 of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10784/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2017 Irish agrifood exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.6 billion. Within that, meat exports including beef, sheepmeat, pigmeat and poultry came to a total of over €3.78 billion.
The value of Irish sheepmeat exports in 2017 was over €310.8 million in 2017; an increase of 12% on 2016 figures (€277.1 million). The volume of sheepmeat exports rose by 6.8 million tonnes, representing a 12.2% increase, from 55.8 million tonnes in 2016 to 62.6 million tonnes in 2017.
The following table of Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures outline the breakdown of Ireland's exports by country. In view of the volume of statistical data collected as part of agrifood trade statistics, some errors in respect of individual products may occur. Where these anomalies are identified, the Department will liaise with the Central Statistics Office to highlight and amend the information as required.
|
SHEEPMEAT EXPORTS |
|
Jan-Dec 2016 |
Jan-Dec 2016 |
Jan-Dec 2017 |
Jan-Dec 2017 |
|
|
Country |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
|
France |
100,490 |
19,465 |
108,106 |
21,299 |
|
|
Great Britain |
51,800 |
13,470 |
55,692 |
14,797 |
|
|
Germany |
29,213 |
4,720 |
30,681 |
5,101 |
|
|
Belgium |
25,449 |
3,377 |
24,761 |
3,437 |
|
|
Sweden |
23,048 |
4,511 |
25,996 |
5,236 |
|
|
Switzerland |
12,714 |
872 |
19,089 |
1,260 |
|
|
Denmark |
9,337 |
1,127 |
10,549 |
1,318 |
|
|
Italy |
7,498 |
1,537 |
11,219 |
2,200 |
|
|
Netherlands |
5,827 |
1,557 |
6,535 |
1,406 |
|
|
Hong Kong |
2,599 |
1,189 |
6,498 |
2,421 |
|
|
Poland |
1,356 |
193 |
602 |
137 |
|
|
Canada |
1,285 |
367 |
4,091 |
1,039 |
|
|
Vietnam |
1,005 |
422 |
798 |
293 |
|
|
Northern Ireland |
619 |
289 |
392 |
144 |
|
|
Austria |
574 |
70 |
782 |
83 |
|
|
Ivory Coast |
523 |
1,001 |
738 |
1,025 |
|
|
South Africa |
466 |
551 |
541 |
561 |
|
|
Spain |
438 |
63 |
713 |
96 |
|
|
Malta |
363 |
49 |
313 |
34 |
|
|
Greece |
315 |
83 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
China |
269 |
150 |
299 |
145 |
|
|
Czech Republic |
267 |
32 |
261 |
25 |
|
|
Portugal |
265 |
22 |
244 |
21 |
|
|
Hungary |
236 |
49 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Georgia |
226 |
301 |
|
|
|
|
Luxembourg |
190 |
14 |
252 |
23 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
102 |
23 |
620 |
79 |
|
|
Finland |
96 |
16 |
82 |
14 |
|
|
Ghana |
92 |
99 |
161 |
120 |
|
|
Norway |
80 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
57 |
4 |
107 |
21 |
|
|
Gabon |
52 |
22 |
236 |
100 |
|
|
Slovakia |
45 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
Comoros |
43 |
9 |
39 |
8 |
|
|
India |
38 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
Liberia |
35 |
38 |
19 |
20 |
|
|
Croatia |
31 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Mozambique |
30 |
50 |
|
|
|
|
Lebanon |
16 |
25 |
|
|
|
|
Congo |
11 |
19 |
14 |
20 |
|
|
Romania |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Angola |
3 |
16 |
6 |
31 |
|
|
Maldives |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
United States |
1 |
0 |
16 |
17 |
|
|
Latvia |
|
|
36 |
4 |
|
|
Singapore |
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
|
Taiwan |
|
|
307 |
96 |
|
|
Turkey |
|
|
70 |
43 |
|
Sheepmeat Total |
|
277,106 |
55,845 |
310,872 |
62,678 |
187. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries to which pork is being is exported by country, volume and value in 2016; the final year figures for 2107 of total exports, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10785/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2017 Irish agrifood exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.6 billion. Within that, meat exports including beef, sheepmeat, pigmeat and poultry came to a total of over €3.78 billion.
The value of total pig meat exports, taking account of all pigment including prepared and preserved, was more that €790 million in 2017; an increase from €733 million in 2016. The volume of exports rose by over 10 million tonnes from 265.3 million tonnes in 2016 to 275.7million tonnes in 2017.
The following table of Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures outline the breakdown of Ireland's total pigmeat exports (including prepared and preserved) by country. In view of the volume of statistical data collected as part of agrifood trade statistics, some errors in respect of individual products may occur. Where these anomalies are identified, the Department will liaise with the Central Statistics Office to highlight and amend the information as required.
|
|
2016 |
2017 |
||
|
Country |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
|
Albania |
29 |
25 |
|
|
|
Angola |
|
|
9 |
25 |
|
Australia |
12,367 |
5,132 |
16,374 |
5,335 |
|
Austria |
1,569 |
620 |
1,126 |
462 |
|
Bahamas |
327 |
126 |
204 |
75 |
|
Bahrain |
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
Barbados |
|
|
34 |
17 |
|
Belgium |
2,278 |
2,350 |
2,641 |
2,606 |
|
Bermuda |
143 |
47 |
107 |
36 |
|
Brazil |
|
|
25 |
25 |
|
Bulgaria |
59 |
52 |
132 |
72 |
|
Canada |
2,111 |
717 |
5,818 |
1,652 |
|
Chile |
68 |
25 |
100 |
50 |
|
China |
119,286 |
73,090 |
100,294 |
63,443 |
|
Colombia |
|
|
23 |
25 |
|
Congo |
54 |
75 |
74 |
72 |
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
|
|
250 |
224 |
|
Cyprus |
|
|
2 |
0 |
|
Czech Republic |
5,717 |
2,306 |
14,649 |
5,197 |
|
Denmark |
34,173 |
16,044 |
38,587 |
15,584 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
30 |
50 |
|
|
|
Estonia |
787 |
492 |
709 |
283 |
|
Finland |
1,602 |
302 |
1,293 |
243 |
|
France |
13,098 |
3,184 |
14,586 |
2,499 |
|
Georgia |
373 |
205 |
57 |
25 |
|
Germany |
30,687 |
16,237 |
34,184 |
16,116 |
|
Ghana |
|
|
5 |
1 |
|
Gibraltar |
31 |
11 |
23 |
9 |
|
Great Britain |
385,493 |
97,590 |
401,936 |
107,756 |
|
Greece |
37 |
7 |
48 |
17 |
|
Guam |
|
|
314 |
110 |
|
Haiti |
29 |
35 |
|
|
|
Hong Kong |
2,272 |
1,677 |
2,179 |
1,472 |
|
Hungary |
917 |
619 |
1,657 |
867 |
|
India |
45 |
17 |
|
|
|
Italy |
1,944 |
728 |
3,909 |
1,521 |
|
Ivory Coast |
207 |
433 |
140 |
257 |
|
Jamaica |
376 |
193 |
563 |
204 |
|
Japan |
14,162 |
4,750 |
26,201 |
8,789 |
|
Latvia |
|
|
5 |
5 |
|
Liberia |
|
|
30 |
69 |
|
Lithuania |
364 |
171 |
695 |
258 |
|
Luxembourg |
12 |
3 |
11 |
3 |
|
Malta |
71 |
13 |
144 |
27 |
|
Netherlands |
7,199 |
2,921 |
7,447 |
2,207 |
|
New Zealand |
1,470 |
659 |
1,903 |
731 |
|
Northern Ireland |
25,631 |
6,191 |
43,888 |
9,203 |
|
Norway |
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
Philippines |
5,363 |
4,601 |
8,223 |
7,312 |
|
Poland |
4,200 |
1,720 |
4,993 |
1,778 |
|
Portugal |
1,634 |
213 |
2,508 |
212 |
|
Romania |
32 |
20 |
41 |
22 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
88 |
25 |
|
|
|
Senegal |
16 |
22 |
|
|
|
Serbia |
|
|
62 |
21 |
|
Singapore |
1,153 |
533 |
768 |
429 |
|
Slovakia |
15 |
3 |
27 |
7 |
|
Slovenia |
19 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
|
South Africa |
1,974 |
1,009 |
2,921 |
1,311 |
|
South Korea |
11,232 |
5,048 |
8,253 |
3,174 |
|
Spain |
4,218 |
562 |
8,291 |
1,114 |
|
Sweden |
9,085 |
6,249 |
8,031 |
6,358 |
|
Switzerland |
|
|
521 |
53 |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
1,516 |
600 |
2,184 |
791 |
|
UAE |
1,647 |
399 |
1,870 |
445 |
|
USA |
25,427 |
6,360 |
19,021 |
4,860 |
|
Vietnam |
1,290 |
889 |
413 |
309 |
|
Total |
733,933 |
265,353 |
790,514 |
275,767 |
