asked the Minister for Finance if he will give revised figures in respect of State aid to agriculture for 1965-66, in amplification of Table VI in the Financial Tables associated with the Budget of 11th May 1965.
Written Answers. - State Aid to Agriculture.
67.
Following is the revised table taking account of (a) the £400,000 provided in the Budget in respect of the quality bonus of a penny a gallon for creamery milk and (b) the adjustments in the capital items announced in the White Paper on Public Capital Expenditure.
There will be a substantial Supplementary Estimate in the current financial year for dairy produce and bacon subsidies. It is not possible as yet to give a figure for the Supplementary Estimate.
GOVERNMENT Expenditure in Relation to Agriculture, 1965/66.
|
Subsidies of final products: |
£000 |
|
Butter and other milk products |
10,188 |
|
Bacon |
1,800 |
|
Carcase beef |
150 |
|
Subsidies to reduce production costs: |
|
|
Ground limestone |
890 |
|
Phosphatic fertilisers |
3,000 |
|
Potash |
830 |
|
Calved heifer grants |
2,995 |
|
Drainage, land reclamation and general improvement schemes: |
|
|
Arterial drainage |
1,518 |
|
Land Project |
2,346 |
|
Improvement of Land Commission Estates |
928 |
|
Other improvement schemes |
524 |
|
Gaeltacht and Congested District Schemes |
231 |
|
Elimination of disease, livestock improvement, etc. |
|
|
Bovine TB |
1,535 |
|
Pasteurisation plant |
20 |
|
Brucellosis eradication |
235 |
|
A.I., milk production and livestock improvement |
78 |
|
Administration of improvement |
|
|
and regulatory Acts |
409 |
|
Grants towards farm buildings, etc.: |
|
|
Farm buildings and water supplies |
2,158 |
|
Poultry houses and equipment |
92 |
|
Forage harvesting equipment grants |
60 |
|
Orchard planting |
1 |
|
Education, research, advisory and technical services: |
|
|
Education |
716 |
|
Research |
1,488 |
|
Advisory services |
661 |
|
Rural organisations |
42 |
|
Technical services |
298 |
|
Departmental capital expenditure on land and buildings |
255 |
|
Land annuities: |
|
|
Halving of land annuities |
906 |
|
Bonus to vendors and other costs |
120 |
|
Relief of rates: |
|
|
Agricultural Grant |
12,500 |
|
Rural Electrification |
1,250 |
|
Capital for Agricultural Credit Corporation, Ltd. |
3,700 |
|
TOTAL |
51,924 |