§ 35. Mr. Healyasked the Minister of Food the names of the cattle grading stations in Northern Ireland and the number of cattle which passed to them from the Irish Republic from 1st January to end of September.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeAs the reply contains a long list of names I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. HealyDoes the right hon. and gallant Gentleman realise that a large number of cattle from Northern Ireland actually come from the Irish Republic and are retained in Northern Ireland for only a few months before passing here?
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeI am not quite sure what the hon. Member has in mind, but I have given the list of depots which he requires and also the figures of cattle which come here from Northern Ireland.
§ Following is the information:
§ The 67 purchasing centres in Northern Ireland are:
| Antrim. | Fivemiletown. |
| Armagh. | Garvagh. |
| Armoy. | Glenarm. |
| Aughnacloy. | Irvinestown. |
| Ballycastle. | Keady. |
| Ballyclare. | Kilkeel. |
| Ballygawley. | Killylea. |
| Ballymena. | Kilrea. |
| Ballymoney. | Kircubbin. |
| Ballynahinch. | Larne. |
| Banbridge. | Limavady. |
| Belfast. | Lisburn. |
| Bellaghy. | Lisnaskea. |
| Bushmills. | Londonderry. |
| Camlough. | Lurgan. |
| Castlederg. | Maghera. |
| Castlewellan. | Macherafelt. |
| Claudy. | Markethill. |
| Clougher. | Moneymore. |
| Cloughmills. | Moy. |
| Colaraine. | Newry. |
| Cookstown. | Newtownards. |
| Crossgar. | Newtownbutler. |
| Crossmaglen. | Newtownstewart. |
| Crumlin. | Omagh. |
| Cushendall. | Portadown. |
| Donemana. | Pountzpass. |
| Downpatrick. | Rathfriland. |
| Draperstown. | Saintfieid. |
| Dromore. | Sixmilecross. |
| Dungannon. | Stewartstown. |
| Dungiven. | Strabane. |
| Enniskillen. | Tynan Railway |
| Fintona. | Station. |
§ During the past three years the average numbers of live cattle from the Republic of Ireland graded at these centres from January to September inclusive was about 60,000.