asked the Minister for Finance if he will state in respect of each year from 1973 to 1981 (a) the total amount of State capital made available directly for increasing agricultural production, excluding electric power, but including arterial drainage; (b) the total expenditure on agriculture; (c) the total capital outlay of the State; and (d) the total expenditure under all heads from current annual taxation.
Written Answers. - State Expenditure.
285.
The details sought are set out in the tabular statements hereunder. With regard to (a) of the question the figures supplied relate to the provision included in the Public Capital Programme for the State financing of agriculture. The provision for the ACC has therefore been omitted. The figures for the period 1973-74 to 1976 have been adjusted to exclude expenditure on disease eradication, which was classified as capital up to 1976, and included in the published Public Capital Programme in that period.
(a) Agriculture in the Public Capital Programme (excluding ACC)
|
1973/74 |
1974(9 mths.) |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980£m |
1981(estimates) |
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
(provisional) |
£m |
|
11.63 |
9.54 |
17.50 |
23.75 |
31.92 |
31.62 |
38.07 |
60.12 |
39.9 |
(b) State Aid to Agriculture
|
1973/4 |
1974(9 mths.) |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980£000 |
1981Estimate |
|
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
(provisional) |
£000 |
|
88,972 |
69,284 |
108,569 |
142,415 |
156,064 |
170,062 |
177,291 |
226,408 |
216,424 |
Agriculture also benefits from EEC aid under the Common Agriculture Policy as follows
|
1973/4 |
1974(9 mths.) |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980£m |
1981(estimates) |
|
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
(provisional) |
£m |
|
|
FEOGA Guarantee Section |
37 |
63.8 |
102.1 |
102.0 |
244.5 |
366.6 |
397.9 |
377.4 |
350 |
|
FEOGA Guidance |
2.8 |
3.9 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
16.5 |
27.7 |
39.5 |
(c) Total State Capital Outlay
|
£000 |
|
|
1973/74 |
223,599 |
|
April/Dec. 74 (9 months) |
260,321 |
|
1975 |
479,201 |
|
1976 |
424,794 |
|
1977 |
418,170 |
|
1978 |
531,268 |
|
1979 |
664,568 |
|
1980 |
870.060* |
|
1981 |
1,093,196* |
*The 1980 and 1981 figures reflect the re-classification of certain expenditure from current to capital account in 1981.
(d) Current Government Expenditure
|
£000 |
|
|
1973/74 |
798,399 |
|
1974 (9 months) |
743,083 |
|
1975 |
1,331,335 |
|
1976 |
1,663,742 |
|
1977 |
1,951,517 |
|
1978 |
2,400,160 |
|
1979 |
2,902,858 |
|
1980 (provisional) |
3,702,099 |
|
1981 (estimate) |
4,178,065 |