Dáil Éireann - Volume 524 - 25 October, 2000

Written Answers. - Abattoir Licences.

184. Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of licences that were issued pursuant to Section 10 of the Abattoirs Act, 1998, on a county by county basis for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. [23511/00]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

(Mr. Walsh): The total number of abattoir licences issued under section 10 of the Abattoirs Act, 1988, on a county by county basis for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000 to date is as follows:

County

1998

1999

2000

(to date)

Carlow

5

3

3

Cavan

9

12

7

Clare

9

8

5

Cork

40

46

35

Donegal

6

16

3

Dublin (County)

1

2

1

Galway

24

13

15

Kerry

22

12

17

Kildare

2

4

7

Kilkenny

5

10

7

Laois

12

7

9

Leitrim

10

7

7

Limerick

7

15

13

Longford

4

6

2

Louth

3

6

2

Mayo

16

16

13

Meath

7

7

3

Monaghan

8

7

6

Offaly

4

6

4

Roscommon

15

10

7

Sligo

3

0

3

Tipperary N.R.

6

8

2

Tipperary S.R.

15

22

17

Waterford City

Waterford County

5

2

4

Westmeath

18

14

18

Wexford

4

4

7

Wicklow

4

6

6

Totals

264

269

223

[1533] Question No. 185 taken with Question No. 122.