§ Mr. Farrasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will publish in the Official Report details of imports of carcase, boned and other beef from the Republic of Ireland, for each of the last three years;
I Imports of live domestic cattle consigned from the Irish Republic Number 1975 1976 1977 Pure bred breeding animals … 253 117 201 Other- … Calves- Bull calves … 12 54 47 Heifer calves … 57 1 20 Steers and yearling bulls- … Fat … N/A 1,339 716 Other … N/A 183,526 235,289 Heifers- for breeding or dairy purposes … N/A 110 32 Other … Fat … N/A 45 893 Other … N/A 44,063 67,014 Bulls- For breeding … 40 30 11 Other … 63 36 8 Cows For breeding or dairy purposes … 5 — 5 Other … 110 — — GRANDTOTAL … 502,937(a) 229,321 304,236 II Imports of store cattle analysed by country of origin Number 1975(b) 1976 1977 Irish Republic … 498,985 227,542 302,376 United Kingdom … 3,201 143 — III Imports of beef and veal(c) consigned from Irish Republic Tonnes 1975 1976 1977 Unboned (bone-in) … 59,298 57,925 91,032 Boned or boneless … 37,125 21,859 37,669 Total … 96,423 79,784 128,701 Notes:(a) These figures include 502,397 steers, heifers and yearling bulls, of which 453 were imported for breeding or dairy purposes (b) The figures for 1975 include a number of fat steers, heifers and yearling bulls which were not separately distinguished (c) Beef and veal are not separately identified in the Overseas Trade Statistics (d)N/A=not available.