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Departmental Expenditure.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 November 2004

Tuesday, 23 November 2004

Questions (300, 301)

Trevor Sargent

Question:

350 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure and estimated cost of expenditure outstanding by her Department on recently published books (details supplied); and if any of the expenditure is recoverable from the European Union or any other party. [30162/04]

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Written answers

The expenditure and projected income associated with the two recently published national council for forest research and development books Trees, Forests and the Law in Ireland and Irish Forestry — A Concise History are set out below.

Trees, Forests and the Law in Ireland

Income

Expenditure

Sales*

1,660.00

Authors

5,209.40

Printing

3,233.00

Projected Additional Sales:

6,980.00

Launch:

Venue

1,615.50

Invites

235.95

Photographer

428.00

Posters

50.00

Total:

8,640.00

Total:

10,771.85

*Postage and packaging is charged at cost.
Irish Forestry — A Concise History

Income

Expenditure

Sales*

390.00

Legal review

200.00

Printing

3,127.00

Projected Additional Sales:

8,600.00

Launch:

Venue

562.79

Invites

235.95

Copyright

235.00

Total:

8,990.00

Total:

4,360.74

*Postage and packaging is charged at cost.
There is no expenditure outstanding on these publications. The expenditure is not recoverable from the European Union or any other party.

Trevor Sargent

Question:

351 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a breakdown (details supplied) of expenditure by or on behalf of the national council for forest research and development during the past 12-month period available; and if she will also provide an estimate of the cost of depreciation of any significant assets in use during the period and of services rendered to the national council for forest research and development by other units within her Department and other Departments or State agencies. [30163/04]

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The breakdown of the national council for forest research and development costs for the calendar year 2003, by category requested, is set out below. There was no depreciation of any significant assets in use in 2003 and the national council for forest research and development did not avail of any services from its parent Department at that time, the Department of Marine, Communications and Natural Resources, or any other Department. A copy of the national council for forest research and development annual report for 2003 was made available to all Deputies.

Cost category

Advertising

13,630.01

Conferences/Seminars

18,535.87

Printing/Stationery

109,728.40

Projects

1,201,888.18

Rent/Phones

8,765.37

Researcher Training

7,659.16

Running Costs

185,073.08

Salaries

147,607.00

Travel & Subsistence

52,648.06

Total

1,745,535.13

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