Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 22 Feb 1979

Vol. 312 No. 1

Written Answers. - Dairying Industry.

147.

Mr. Blaney

asked the Minister for Agriculture the number of suppliers of milk to creameries, and the quantity of milk delivered by them to creameries for the following years, 1970, 1973, and the latest year for which figures are available; if he will give for each of the same years, the total cost to the State and/or EEC of support in all forms to the dairying industry; and if he will specify for each year how such moneys were applied.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Gibbons)

Following is the information requested:

	1970	1973	1977
Number of creamery Milk Suppliers	95,045	85,665	74,005
Quantity of milk delivered by suppliers (million gallons)	509.5	599.1	735.2
Cost of State support in all forms to dairying Industry
Intervention Costs	Nil	£.06 m.	£.3 m.
IDA Capital grants approved	£1.2 m.	£3.5 m.	£4.7 m.
Grants to An Bord Bainne towards the cost of operating support schemes in the dairy sector	£7.1 m.*	£5.7 m.	Nil
Grants for the promotion of sales of dairy produce	£0.1 m.*	£0.04 m.	£0.03 m.
Creamery Milk Price Allowance and Milk Quality Bonus Scheme	£21.8 m.*	£0.2 m.	Nil
Cost of EEC support in all forms to dairying industry
EEC FEOGA grants approved for modernisation and expansion of dairy processing and assembly facilities	Nil	£1.9 m.	£1.5 m.
Aids for skimmed milk powder for animal feed	Nil	£1.0 m.	£6.5 m.
Aids for liquid skimmed milk for animal feed	Nil	£1.0 m.	£0.9 m.
Aids for skimmed milk processed into casein	Nil	£4.0 m.	£10.1 m.
Private storage aids on butter and cream	Nil	£0.002 m.	£0.7 m.
Intervention Costs	Nil	Nil	£1.1 m.
Exports Restitutions	Nil	£10.2 m.	£68.3 m.
Monetary Compensatory Amounts	Nil	£0.1 m.	£28.7 m.
Accession Compensatory Amounts	Nil	£14.3 m.	£4.8 m.
Co Responsibility Levy	—	—	£0.7 m.
Net Totals	£30.2 m.	£41.8 m.	£126.9 m.

Note 1:

Figures do not include expenditure by the State or the EEC on consumer subsidies or the EEC Social Assistance Butter Scheme.

Note 2:

The figures marked with an asterisk are for the financial year 1 April 1970 to 31 March 1971.