This information was extracted from the Department’s Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) system based on 2024 pig census returns. List includes the herd number and location.
Excel of 253 herds with 1000+ pigs:
Pig Farming
AIE: DAFM register of pig herds with over 1000 pigs per herd, to include the herd number and location of each pig farm
EPA inspection /enforcement reports for 2024 – 2025YTD for pig farms in County Kildare
OEE AIE 2025 06 Decision Letter
AIE: EPA inspection / enforcement reports for 2024 -2025YTD for pig farms in County Kildare
Re: OEE AIE 2025 06
P0420-01 Future Pigs LimitedGorteen Lower, Nurney, Kildare
P0420-02 Future Pigs LimitedGorteen Lower, Nurney, Kildare
P0420-03 Future Pigs LimitedGorteen Lower, Nurney, Kildare
P0454-01 Roscrea Bacon Factory Limited Bolton Forrest Pig Farm, Moone, Athy, Kildare
P0702-01 Messrs Pat Field and Pat OFlaherty Killyguire, Rathangan, Kildare
P0702-02 JMW Farms (IRL) Limited Killyguire, Rathangan, Kildare
For the purposes of this AIE please disregard any records published on LEAP Online
AIE: Ballinalee Pig Farm, Longford
“Under the AIE Regs to request details of DAFM inspections at the following site: Ballinalee
Pig Farm, Longford Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/g5ypRc6UH8dXE8kNA. Please include dates of inspections for 2023-2024. Please include inspectors’ reports, including any photographs, notes or other reports for the period 2023-24”
The initial decision maker has not included the Schedule of Records refused. Please forward the schedule so we can review and engage with the internal reviewer on each element For context, here’s the most recent EPA inspection file on the same pig farm, so RTK would expect that the DAFM inspection files might follow similar format
Note due to file sizes the EPA inspectors images are in a google doc
https://irishriverproject.com/2025/01/11/oee-aie-2024-42-a-pig-farmer-co-longford/
Bord Bia inspections/audits, pig farm, Longford
Under the AIE Regs to request details of Bord Bia inspections, audits or other visits to the following
site: Ballinalee Pig Farm, Longford
Please include dates of audits, inspections or other site visits for 2023-2024
Please include related reports, including any site photographs, notes or other reports for the period
2023-24.
For the purposes of this request please include any records for the site related to the Bord Bia Pigmeat
Quality Assurance Scheme (PQAS).”
Schedule of records refused
Please see below a list of records related to this decision:
PQAS Rev 4.1 including Scheme rules
Audit Records Including:
Opening and closing declarations
Audit report
Photos
ECR/Cert Meeting record (decision and dates)
AIE: DAFM inspections at Ballinalee Pig Farm, Longford
“Under the AIE Regs to request details of DAFM inspections at the following site: Ballinalee Pig Farm, Longford Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/g5ypRc6UH8dXE8kNA. Please include dates of inspections for 2023-2024. Please include inspectors’ reports, including any photographs, notes or other reports for the period 2023-24”
DAFM Inspections at Ballinalee Pig Farm, Longford
OEE AIE 2024 42: A Pig Farmer, Co. Longford
Under the AIE Regs to request any inspection reports, or related enforcement records for the following licence (licensee unknown) listed in National Priority Sites Q3 2024 A Pig Farmer. Co. Longford Intensive Agriculture Discharges to water, waste management & facility management
Notes: Please consider the timeframe of 2022-2024YTD Please limit the request to records not published in LEAP Online
The EPA file contains large numbers of site images.
Loading to Google drive due to volume
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x_lgcDiBgkBSLI8Wg8bljP2pJS_bcYf8?usp=sharing
EPA Site visit reports: Carhue Piggeries, Cooligboy, Timoleague, Bandon, Cork
Following a cease and desist from operating outside the licensed site boundary
OCE-138399-D7F0V5
AIE request to EPA on unlicensed piggery inspections