Vol. 397 No. 3
39 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total amount of financial support he expects to give to Irish agriculture in 1990, in terms of grants, subsidies and other incentives, broken down under all relevant headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The position in so far as my Department is concerned is set out in Vote 32 of the recently published abridged version of the 1990 Estimates for the Public Service. In summary, the total gross Estimate for 1990 amounts to £305 million.
I must point out, however, that this represents only part of the total amount which will be spent by my Department. In its capacity as intervention agency, it is responsible for very substantial expenditure on schemes under the guarantee section of FEOGA. It is not possible to estimate at this stage precisely the total amount which will be involved under these schemes this year but I am circulating a tabular statement detailing the net FEOGA payments of £886 million made under a variety of headings in 1989. In addition, a sum of approximately £124 million was spent on intervention purchases of beef, dairy products and cereals in 1989.
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (FEOGA) Guarantee Section 1989
The following table gives details of £886.153 million expended on schemes under the guarantee section of FEOGA during 1989.
Table
|
1989 |
|
|
£ million |
|
|
A. Aids to Private Storage and Animal Feed; Compensation for Withdrawal of Produce; Production Aid, Other Subsidies and Premia; |
|
|
Beef |
77.011 |
|
Cereals |
4.920 |
|
Co-Responsibility Levy on Cereals |
-12.127 |
|
Dehydrated Fodder |
0.267 |
|
Fishery Products |
0.867 |
|
Flax |
0.018 |
|
Fruit and Vegetables |
0.045 |
|
Hops |
0.007 |
|
Milk and Milk Products |
11.770 |
|
Peas and Field Beans |
1.386 |
|
Pigmeat |
0.173 |
|
Seeds |
0.059 |
|
Set Aside of Farmland |
0.208 |
|
Sheepmeat |
69.672 |
|
Sugar |
6.378 |
|
Total A |
160.654 |
|
B. Special Dairy Measures |
|
|
Aid for Disposal of Butter |
10.594 |
|
Aid for Skimmed Milk processed into casein |
77.761 |
|
Aid to supply of School Milk |
1.793 |
|
Compensation for Temporary Suspension of Quota |
24.163 |
|
Cessation of Milk Production |
7.875 |
|
Co-Responsibility Levy on Milk |
-13.387 |
|
Improvement of Milk Quality |
0.787 |
|
Market Development Measures |
1.595 |
|
Super Levy |
-6.590 |
|
Total B |
104.591 |
|
C. Intervention Buying of Beef, Skimmed Milk Powder, Butter and Cereals |
|
|
Incidental expenses (storage, handling, financial, processing, etc.) |
41.964 |
|
Depreciation |
104.094 |
|
Losses on sales recouped by FEOGA |
99.234 |
|
Total C |
245.292 |
|
D. Intra Community Trade |
|
|
Accession Compensatory Amounts |
0.001 |
|
Monetary Compensatory Amounts (Payments) |
23.573 |
|
Monetary Compensatory Amounts (Levies on Exports) |
-11.635 |
|
Total D |
11.939 |
|
E. Trade with Third Countries — Export Refunds |
|
|
Beef and Veal |
246.096 |
|
Cereals |
2.097 |
|
Eggs |
0.001 |
|
Fruit and Vegetables |
0.061 |
|
Milk and Milk Products |
75.455 |
|
Pigmeat |
1.825 |
|
Poultry |
0.140 |
|
Processed Products |
29.054 |
|
Whiskey |
0.266 |
|
Total E |
354.995 |
|
F. Interest payments on Guarantee expenditure recouped by FEOGA |
9.102 |
|
G. Clearance of Accounts 1987 |
-0.420 |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
886.153 |
