Departmental Reports.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 June 2005

Wednesday, 22 June 2005

Questions (222)

Paul Kehoe

Question:

234 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of reports which have been published in her Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each report; the date of publication of each; the length of time it took to prepare each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21629/05]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mary Coughlan)

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following schedule:

Schedule 1997.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
1996 annual report	8,559	September 1997	Annual publication
Annual review and outlook 1996/1997	5,153	March 1997	Three months

1998.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
1997 annual report	8,723	September 1998	Annual publication
Annual review and outlook 1997/1998	3,189	March 1998	Four months
2nd statement of strategy 1998-2000	14,050	May 1998	Five months
Report of the food industry development group	2,136	December 1998	Nine months
Report of the food industry development group	2,136	December 1998	Nine months

1999.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
Annual review and outlook 1998/1999	3,189	March 1999	Four months
1998 annual report	11,262	September 1999	Annual publication
Report of the sheepmeat forum	1,200	October 1999	20 months
Report of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, scientific advisory committee	Not available	July 1999	18 months

2000.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
Report of the advisory group on the role of women in agriculture	Circa €31,000	September 2000	Circa one year
Annual review and outlook 1999/2000	€5,074	April 2000	Four months
Agri food 2010 — main report and plan of action costs	€26,938
Agri food 2010 — main report	—	March 2000	Ten months
Agri Food 2010 — plan of action	—	August 2000	Five months
Report of the task force on agricultural education and training	€9,500	July 2000	Seven months
Report of the food quality assurance review group	None other than expenses paid to some members of group	December 2000	Ten months
1999 annual report	€12,715	September 2000	Five months
IT strategy 2000	£120,000	February 2000	Six months
eGovernment strategy	£28,800	February 2000	Two months
CAP rural development plan 2000-2006	€19,697.50	November 2000	Nine months

2001.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
2000 annual report	23,274	August 2001	Annual publication
Annual review and outlook 2000/2001	5,093	April 2001	Three months
3rd statement of strategy 2001-2004	13,731	November 2001	Six months
Agri food 2010 — implementation report	6,641	December 2001	Four months
Strategic study of the Irish pigmeat industry	Commissioned by Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development — paid for by Enterprise Ireland	2001	Seven months

2002.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
Report of the food labelling group	€13,500	December 2002	Six months
Annual review and outlook 2001/2002	€14,089	April 2002	Four months
Eco-friendly farming report	€1,219	May 2002	Three months
Agri food 2010 — implementation report reprint	€2,910
Agri food 2010 — plan of action reprint	€4,044
2001 annual report	€28, 837	August 2002	Annual publication
Report of the investigation into the presence and influence of lead in the Silvermines area of County Tipperary.	£41,500	June 2000	12 months
Economic evaluation of the impact of foot and mouth disease.	€30,734	March 2002	Six months

2003.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
Agriculture appeals office annual report 2002, English only	4,603	9 October 2003	Five months
Annual review and outlook 2002/2003	11,468	April 2003	Four months
4th statement of strategy 2003-2005	18,150.50	June 2003	Six months
CMMS statistics 2002	12,366	August 2003	Three months
1st progress report to CSPVG	Nil	October 2003	Three months
2002 annual report	40,719	August 2003	Annual publication
A study on the future of the Irish dairy industry	159,000, 1/3 of cost met by Department of Agriculture and Food — remainder borne by Enterprise Ireland and dairy industry	March 2003
2002 annual report of the Department’s consumer liaison panel	2,786	August 2003	C. six months
Mid-term evaluation of the CAP rural development plan 2000-2006	48,647	September 2003	Nine months

2004.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
Agriculture appeals office annual report 2003, English and Irish	11,076, includes printing of both English and Irish versions and cost of translation into Irish.	30 July 2004	Five months
2003 Annual report	26,122	August 2004	Annual publication
Annual review and outlook 2003/2004	11,037	April 2004	Four months
CMMS statistics 2003	13,540	June 2004	Three months
Report of mushroom task force	9,183.60	May 2004	Six months
Expenditure review of programmes in the potato sector	2,420	April 2004	16 months
Expenditure review on purchase for destruction scheme	2,934.25	2004	C. two years
Expenditure review on overseas development assistance	2,420.00	2004	C. two years
2nd progress report to CSPVG*	Nil	April 2004	Three months
3rd progress report to CSPVG*	Nil	September 2004	Three months
Report of the agri-vision 2015 committee	12,000	December 2004
Report of Inter-departmental/agency committee on disposal options for meat and bone meal, MBM.	Nil	January 2004	C. 27 months
A review and appraisal of Ireland’s forestry development strategy	147,620	September 2004	Six months
ICT strategy 2004	89,600	March 2004	Five months

2005.

Title	Estimated cost	Date of publication	Preparation time
	€
Annual review and outlook 2004/2005	16,442	May 2005	Four months
Expenditure review on beef classification scheme	2,934.25	2005	C. two years
4th progress report to CSPVG	Nil	March 2005	Three months
5th statement of strategy 2005-2007	18,500	June 2005	Six months
Expenditure review of early retirement scheme 2000	3,993	April 2005	11 months