Dan Boyle
Question:506 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his Department. [27790/06]
View answerThursday, 6 July 2006
Questions (508, 509)
Written answers
Budgetary allocations were made through my Department's Revised Estimates for 2006 for the following public bodies:
|
Organisation |
Expenditure Details |
2006 Estimate Total Amount |
|
€000 |
||
|
Teagasc |
Grant-in-Aid for General Expenses — training courses under the National Development Programme 2000/06 |
134,028 |
|
An Bord Bia |
Grant-in-Aid for General Expenses |
22,403 |
|
Council for Forest Research and Development (COFORD) |
To support research and development administered by COFORD |
3,800 |
|
Irish Horse Board |
Development and promotion of the Non-Thorough Bred horse industry, operation of the Irish Horse Register and administration |
836 |
Allocations were also made for the following:
|
Organisation |
Expenditure Details 2006 |
Estimate Total Amount |
|
€000 |
||
|
Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) |
Grant Assistance for ICBF cattle breed improvement activities |
888 |
|
The Dairy Research Trust (Established by ICOS, IFA and ICMSA) |
To part-fund research projects for improving competitiveness at both producer and processor level in the dairy sector |
440 |
There was also a total allocation of €20 million provided for Research and Development grants for third level institutions and Teagasc under the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) (NDP 2000/06) (€14 million) and the Research Stimulus Fund (€6 million).
Dan Boyle
Question:507 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of her Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons’ fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government. [27804/06]
View answerThere are five non-executive chairpersons of State bodies under the remit of my Department affected by the increase.