Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 Nov 1995

Vol. 458 No. 5

Written Answers. - Capital Investment Grants.

James Leonard

Question:

184 Mr. Leonard asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amount of grant-aid which was paid to the pig industry, the dairy sector, the beef sector and the poultry sector in each of the years 1992, 1993 and 1994. [17215/95]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

The following are details of the capital investment grants paid to the four sectors by my Department under the FEOGA marketing and processing scheme for agricultural products.

Sector	Year
1992	1993	1994
	£	£	£
Pigmeat	6,855,882	5,532,004	2,281,903
Dairying	527,741	2,029,959	911,592
Beef	997,625	2,152,920	2,948,902
Poultry/Eggs	2,215,711	1,568,494	236,319

In addition, the following grants were paid by IDA/Forbairt, SFADCO and CBF:

IDA/Forbairt

Sector	Year
1992	1993	1994
	£	£	£
Pigmeat	878,161	388,012	385,452
Dairying	1,724,788	3,771,459	643,368
Beef	1,944,772	1,085,217	1,154,011
Poultry	458,479	491,918	25,894

SFADCO

Sector	Year
1992	1993	1994
	£	£	£
Pigmeat	414,865	510,348	122,366
Dairying	18,543	93,575	153,100
Beef	246,195	17,260	122,871
Poultry	56,451	382,986	Nil

CBF

Sector	Year
1992	1993	1994
	£	£	£
Pigmeat	200,000	194,000	63,300
Beef	335,000	238,521	88,669

The data set out above does not include grants paid by my Department and IDA/Forbairt to the mixed meats sector — combination of meat types. These grants were as follows: 1992, £3,506,893; 1993, £4,988,310; 1994, £2,626,211.