asked the Minister for Agriculture the amount under FEOGA aid allocated in the years 1982, 1983 and 1984 and the percentage taken up to date.
Written Answers. - FEOGA Grants Scheme.
590.
I take it that the Deputy is referring to the FEOGA scheme of grants for projects relating to the processing and marketing of agricultural and fish products under Regulation 355/77. The information requested is as follows:
|
Grant Awarded |
Percentage taken up |
|
|
£m. |
% |
|
|
1982 |
10.9 |
52 |
|
1983 |
14.7 |
15 |
|
1984 |
12.2 |
1 |
Further claims amounting to £5 million in respect of grants awarded in these years have been submitted to the IDA and the EC and when these are added to grants already paid the percentage take-up increases to 74 per cent in 1982, 28 per cent in 1983 and 8 per cent in 1984.