Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 7 Mar 2002

Vol. 550 No. 2

Written Answers. - Departmental Funding.

Michael Moynihan

Question:

190 Mr. M. Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the funding allocated each year from 1995 to 2001 by his Department for Cork north west; the specific project investments; and the major developments which began or major service improvements which were funded as a result of an increase in funding in each of these years. [8066/02]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Mr. Walsh):

Information regarding most schemes operated by my Department is available only on a county basis. The information requested for County Cork is contained in the following schedule. I am also arranging to forward to the Deputy a detailed breakdown of payments which were made by my Department in relation to livestock premia, compensatory allowances, and arable aid schemes to farmers in County Cork during the period in question. A summary of these payments is included in the schedule.

Schedule

Investments made from 01/01/95 to 31/12/01 for Co. Cork.

1. Compensatory Allowances, Premia Schemes, Arable Aid (Total Amounts)

Year	£million	€million
1995	67	85
1996	80	102
1997	81	107
1998	84	107
1999	71	90
2000	85	108
2001	96	123

2. Leader

LEADER is the EU Community Initiative for Rural Development that provides approved local action groups with public funding (EU and National) to implement multi-sectoral business plans for the development of their own areas.

The LEADER II Programme was introduced in May 1995 and continued until the end of 1999 but final payments under the Programme continued until the end of 2001. LEADER II had a total allocation of £93 million of EU and national funding for the period.

LEADER in the period 2000-2006 is being delivered in two ways, the new EU Initiative LEADER+ and National Rural Development Programme (NRDP). Public funding of almost €150 million has been allocated to the new LEADER Programmes over the period.

2A. The following table outlines all of the local action groups operational in the Cork area:

*LEADER Local Action Groups

Group	Operational Areas	Allocation	Allocation
		1995-1999 £m	2000-2006 €m
Ballyhoura Development Ltd.	Part of Counties Limerick and Cork	2.880	4.278
Blackwater Region LEADER Company Ltd.	Blackwater Region, Mallow and hinterland County Cork	2.330	3.846
Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann	Offshore Islands	1.393	1.845
East Cork Area Development Ltd.	County Cork; East from Glanmire to Youghal	2.320	2.946
IRD Duhallow Ltd.	Kanturk and Millstreet, County Cork	2.364	3.539
Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta Teo.	Gaeltacht areas	3.113	3.985
West Cork LEADER Co-op. Soc. Ltd	West Cork, Lee Valley and Owenabue Valley	4.479	6.690

* It is not possible to provide a specific annual figure.

2B. Grants paid in North West Cork under the Farm Relief Services Measure of the OPARDF Programme 1994-1999

Year	Amount (€)	Amount (£)	Purpose
1995	13,818.94	10,883.30	Development Officer grant
1996	15,765.82	12,416.59	Development Officer grant
1997	7,089.35	5,583.32	Development Officer grant
1998	14,931.83	11,759.77	Development Officer grant and Office Refurbishment
1999	10,792.67	8,499.92	Development Officer grant
Total	62,398.61	49,142.90

3. On-Farm Investment Schemes in Cork

Scheme 94-99	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)
Control of FarmPollution	1,257,120(1,596,213)	1,97,207(2,502,916)	2,430,784(3,086,459)	711,525(903,450)	315,853(401,050)	128,763(163,495)	3,388(4,301)
Alternative enterprises	71,109(90,289)	194,554(247,032)	191,247(242,833)	116,804(148,310)	70,830(89,935)	30,189(38,332)	3,499(4,442)
Agri Tourism		21,500(27,299)	44,968(57,097)	94,422(119,891)	322,996(410,120)	87,846(111,541)
Farm ImprovementProgramme	3,922,567(4,980,632)	2,766,294(3,512,468)	1,163,313(1,477,102)	696,560(884,448)	450,318(571,785)	633,188(803,982)	30,948(39,295)
Dairy Hygiene	191,069(242,607)	1,090,964(1,385,238)	1,538,517(1,953,513)	732,401(929,957)	448,339(569,273)	255,522(324,446)	7,679(9,750)

Scheme 94-99	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)	£ (€)
Installation Aid	1,019,200(1,294,117)	1,316,000(1,670,975)	1,478,400(1,877,180)	554,400(703,942)	263,200(334,195)	39,200(49,773)	11,200(14,221)
NDP 2000-2006
National FarmPollution					13,552(17,207)	419,775(533,004)	875,051(1,111,085)
National DairyHygiene					3,699(4,696)	53,000(67,296)	79,826(101,358)
Farm WasteManagement							31,890(40,4991)
Dairy HygieneStandards							48,548(61,643)
Scheme of InstallationAid							135,000(171,414)
Total	6,461,065(8,203,860)	7,360,519(9,345,931)	6,847,229(8,694,187)	2,906,112(3,690,001)	1,888,787(2,398,264)	1,647,483(2,091,871)	1,227,029(1,558,005)

4 (A) Scheme of Grant-Aid for Investment in Commercial Horticulture under the Operational Programme for Agriculture, Rural Development and Forestry.

1994-1999

Year	Number ofApplicants	Amount €	Amount £
1996	8	51,700	40,718
1997	11	94,400	74,346
1998	11	170,100	133,965
1999	5	73,100	57,571

4 (B) Scheme of Grant-Aid for Investment in Commercial Horticulture under the National Development Plan

2000-2006

Year	Number ofApplicants	Amount €	Amount £
2001	2	108,500	85,451

4 (C) Processing and Marketing Scheme for Horticulture 1999-2000

Year	Number ofApplicants	Amount €	Amount £
2000	1	150,000	118,135

4 (D) Fruit and Vegetable Producer Groups

Year	Number ofApplicants	Amount €	Amount £
1995	1	75,500	59,461
1996	1	143,500	113,015
1998	1	92,600	72,928

5 (A) Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) Expenditure 1995-2001

Year	€millions	IR£ millions
1995	2.7	2.13
1996	5.1	4.02
1997	7.6	5.99
1998	11.9	9.37
1999	14.7	11.58
2000	14.5	11.42
2001	13.7	10.79

5 (B) Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming

Year	€millions	IR£ millions
1995	6.2	4.88
1996	9.7	7.64
1997	13.5	10.63
1998	16.7	13.15
1999	17.5	13.78
2000	16.8	13.23
2001	16.3	12.84

5 (C) Scheme of Grant Aid for the Development of the Organic Sector: one grant paid in 1996 and one in 1998 as follows:

Year	Amount Grant-Aided(€)	Amount Grant-Aided(£)	Purpose
1996	17,778	14,001	Purchase of equipment and leasing of a premises
1998	4,839	3,811	Construction of produce house

6 (A) Grants Awarded Under Feoga Processing and Marketing

Year	Beneficiary	Grant AwardedIR£	Grant Awarded€
1995	Mid Cork Growers	102,370	129,983.09
1995	Grange Farms	90,005	114,282.78
1995	Riverview Eggs Ltd	236,709	300,558.43
1995	Barry Bros. (Carriagmore) Ltd	90,000	114,276.43
1995	Agra Meat Packers Ltd	342,000	434,250.42
1995	Galtee Food Products Society Ltd	1,408,390	1,788,286.41
1995	Golden Vale plc	880,182	1,117,600.60
1995	Carbery Milk Products Ltd	795,000	1,009,441.77
1995	Newmarket Co-Operative Creameries Ltd	372,000	472,342.57
1995	Dairygold Food Products	650,944	826,528.38
1995 Total		4,967,600	6,307,550.88
1996	James Griffin	62,674	79,579.56
1996	O'Farrell Meats Ltd	90,000	114,276.43
1996	Barry's Kinsale Ltd	53,948	68,499.83
1996	Bandon Livestock Mart	75,241	95,536.36
1996 Total		281,863	357,892.18
1997	Edward English	288,463	366,272.46
1997 Total		288,463	366,272.46
1998	Carbery Milk Products Ltd	756,000	959,921.99
1998	Galtee Meats (Mitchelstown) Ltd	1,159,200	1,471,880.38
1998	Golden Vale plc	316,333	401,660.06
1998	Horgans Delicatessan Supplies Ltd	450,000	571,382.14
1998	Dairygold Cheese Co. Ltd	285,000	361,875.35
1998 Total		2,966,533	3,766,719.91
1999	Bandon Co-op	130,206	165,327.52
1999	Sunnyside Fruit Farm	125,638	159,527.35
1999	Skibbereen Livestock Mart	605,609	768,964.81
1999	Shannonvale Foods Ltd	488,880	620,749.55
1999	T. O'Regan & Sons Ltd	67,637	85,881.27
1999 Total		1,417,970	1,800,450.50
Grand Total		9,922,429	12,598,885.93
2000	Nil Awards
2001	Nil Awards

6 (B) Institutional Research and Development Awards 1995-2001 under the Food Sub-Programme (94/99) and the Operational Programme for the Productive Sector (00/06)

Year	Beneficary	Amount Paid €	AmountPaid £
1995	Teagasc-Moorepark	457,716	360,481
	University College Cork	2,351,424	1,851,897
1996	Teagasc-Moorepark	923,012	726,931
	University College Cork	3,007,466	2,368,572
1997	Teagasc-Moorepark	4,656,961	3,667,655
	University College Cork	3,240,572	2,552,158
1998	Teagasc-Moorepark	249,011	196,112
	University College Cork	4,444,201	3,500,093
1999	Teagas-Moorepark	387,256	304,989
	University college Cork	4,804,091	3,783,529
2000	Teagasc-Moorepark	4,627,241	3,644,248
	University College Cork	9,261,274	7,293,846
2001	Teagasc-Moorepark	Nil	Nil
	University College Cork	Nil	Nil

7 (A) Potato Producer Group Scheme

Year	£	€
1995	50,893	64,621
1996	25,275	30,093

7 (B) Aid to the Potato Sector under OPARD

Year	£	€
1995	4,220	5,358
1996	132,881	168,724
1998	71,870	91,256
1999	43,890.29	55,729
2000	14,131	17,943

8 Special Aid Scheme for Pig Producers

Year	£	€
2000	12,000	15,237

9 National Grant Aid And Feoga Grant under the Food Sub-Programme of the Operational Programme for Industrial Development-upgrading of Slaughtering Facilities (Abattoirs)

Year	Beneficary	Amount€	Amount£
1995	Barry Bros. (Carrigmore) Ltd.	82,789.80	105,121.36
1996	O'Farrell Meats Ltd.	87,321.95	110,876.00
1996	Barry's Kinsale Ltd.	53,682.89	68,163.21

10 Other Projects

There are no specific schemes of financial assistance for animal welfare bodies. However,ex-gratia funding has been made available as follows:

In December 2001 grants totalling £512,500 (€650,741) were awarded to 52 organisations to assist them in their activities in 2002.

In the Cork North West area, The Donkey Sanctuary and Cork SPCA whose activities can extend into areas of County Cork were awarded grant aid as follows:

The Donkey Sanctuary, Liscarroll, Mallow Co. Cork has received grants totalling €152,367 (£120,000)

Year	£	€
1995	Nil	Nil
1996	Nil	Nil
1997	15,000	19,047
1998	15,000	19,047
1999	20,000	25,395
2000	35,000	44,441
2001	35,000	44,441

These moneys were expended by the donkey sanctuary to provide advice to donkey owners and refuge for those donkeys in need of care and attention. They have also set up an educational programme aimed at children and teenagers to raise awareness of donkey welfare. Over the years and with the assistance of this grant funding, they have extended their accommodation facilities, built an isolation unit and a hospital unit.

Cork SPCA, Clontarf Street, Cork has received grants totalling €41,266, £32,500.