Peadar Tóibín
Question:192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live sheep imported to the State in each of the past ten years, by country of origin, in tabular form. [41709/24]
View answerWednesday, 16 October 2024
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The information requested is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
The table below estimates the number of sheep imported from 2017 to date, based on the TRACES system. This is the EU wide online platform for animal and plant certification.
|
Sheep Imports |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Austria |
10 |
10 |
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|
Belgium |
54 |
78 |
25 |
23 |
148 |
38 |
6 |
|
|
France |
74 |
3 |
41 |
26 |
38 |
906 |
87 |
2 |
|
Germany |
2 |
21 |
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|
Hungary |
1 |
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|
Netherlands |
14 |
14 |
21 |
48 |
138 |
135 |
12 |
|
|
Spain |
80 |
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|
United Kingdom |
491,556 |
517,077 |
456,790 |
442,836 |
369,562 |
426,264 |
433,759 |
367,115 |