Matt Carthy
Ceist:695. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area used for agriculture here by sector and county, in tabular form. [19216/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 July 2020
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Statistics on area farmed and livestock numbers are compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on a regional rather than a county basis in most cases. The table details, in respect of 2019 shows:
- area farmed (Utililsable Agricultural Area) in June by region and by type of land use
- number of cattle in June by region and by county
- number of sheep, pigs, poultry etc by region
Number of Livestock in June (000 Head) by Region, Year and Type of
|
2019 |
Total sheep |
Total pigs |
Total poultry |
Total horses and ponies |
Total mules, jennets and asses |
Total goats |
Total farmed deer |
|
State |
5,146 |
1,616 |
.. |
82 |
9.8 |
8.7 |
.. |
|
Northern and Western |
2,468 |
475 |
.. |
24.2 |
5.3 |
3 |
.. |
|
Border |
1,039 |
435 |
.. |
5.7 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
.. |
|
West |
1,429 |
40 |
.. |
18.5 |
3.2 |
1.5 |
.. |
|
Southern |
1,476 |
731 |
.. |
33.9 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
.. |
|
Mid-West |
227 |
200 |
.. |
11.1 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
.. |
|
South-East |
549 |
240 |
.. |
12.8 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
.. |
|
South-West |
700 |
291 |
.. |
10.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
.. |
|
Eastern and Midland |
1,202 |
410 |
.. |
23.9 |
1 |
2 |
.. |
|
Dublin and Mid-East |
905 |
117 |
.. |
16.8 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
.. |
|
Midland |
296 |
293 |
.. |
7 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
.. |
.. indicates that the observation is missing or fall under the limit of discretion/uncertainty.
Further details are available on the CSO website.