Source: CSO (2016 data is the most recent census numbers)
Central Statistics Office (CSO)
Cattle Herd Size, by County
Source: Central Statistics Office Source: AIM (Animal Identification and Movement) managed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
April 21st 2022
Values marked with .. are confidential
These figures refer to the time period June 1st 2021


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Irish bottled water imports/exports
The EPA note twenty one bottled water plants across Ireland. These include three categories of water – Natural Mineral Waters, Spring Waters and other Waters in Bottles or Containers
The locations/plants/abstraction data for bottled water abstraction is redacted in the EPA data, but the CSO publish the data on bottled water imports and exports
Open Data Directive: Appeal to Office of the Information Commissioner – Livestock Census Data
ODD Request
Refusal decision made by the Central Statistics Office (the CSO) on request for publication of the CSO livestock census data by townland
Use of Administrative Data in Agriculture
CSO Conference
10th Dec 2021
Speakers
1. Introduction (Anne Vaughan, Chairperson, National Statistics Board)
2. ‘A Changing Perception of Agricultural Land Cover & Land Use in Ireland’ (Gavin Smith, Environmental Protection Agency)
3. ‘Geospacial Data in Operational Analytics in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’ (Dr. Robert Stapleton & Nathan Doyle, Dept. Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
4. ‘Food and Agriculture: A Value Chain Analysis 2018’ (Michael Connolly, CSO)
5. ‘Linking Irish Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Status Data to Health Outcomes’ (Dr Áine Hennessy, UCC)
6. ‘Ecosystem Accounts – Grasslands and Croplands 2018’ (Nova Sharkey, CSO)
7. ‘Administrative Data in the 2020 Census of Agriculture’ (Cathal Doherty, CSO)
8. Questions and Answers (Brian Ring, CSO)
9. Concluding Remarks (Paul Morrin, Assistant Director General, CSO)
Presentations
- 01 – Gavin Smith, EPA – A Changing Perception of Agricultural Land Cover & Land Use in Ireland (PPT 20,052KB)
- 02 – Dr Robert Stapleton & Nathan Doyle, DAFM – Geospatial Data in Operational Analytics in the Department of Agriculture (PPT 10,837KB)
- 03 – Michael Connolly, CSO – Food and Agriculture. A Value Chain Analysis 2018 (PDF 908KB)
- 04 – Dr Áine Hennessy, UCC – Linking Irish Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Status Data to Health Outcomes
- 05 – Nova Sharkey, CSO – Ecosystem Accounts – Grasslands and Croplands 2018 (PDF 2,842KB)
- 06 – Cathal Doherty, CSO – Administrative Data in the 2020 Census of Agriculture (PPT 5,700KB)