Full details of the Department’s 2012 budgets are set in the “2012 Revised Estimates for Public Services” and on the Department’s website. The total budget available to my Department for 2012 is approximately €2,628 million. This comprises €1,339 million in Voted Exchequer funds and a further €1,289 million non Voted funds (100% funded by the EU), the bulk of which (€1,250 million) relates to the Single Payment Scheme. Of the total €2,628 million budget, approximately, €1,916 million is allocated to various budget lines involving payments to farmers. At the end of September 2012, the total number of staff directly employed by the Department was 3,292. The 2012 Administrative Budget, which funds all of the Department’s operational costs is €235 million, of which €184.5 million is allocated to fund staff salaries and wages. There are twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department listed in the table. The most recent figures available for the annual cost of these State Bodies which receive exchequer funding are outlined as follows:
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Body
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Remuneration/Expenses Arrangements
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Total Amount of Central Funding for each Agency for 2012
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Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board (ALAB)
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Chair: €8,978
Ordinary member: €5,985
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€122,500
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Bord Bia
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Chair: €20,520
Annual fees
Ordinary member: €11,970
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€35.182m
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)
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Chair: €11,970
Ordinary member: €7,695
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€17.000m
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Bord na gCon
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Chair: €21,600
Director’s fee: €12,600
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€11.260m
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Coillte Teoranta
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Chair: €21,600
Director’s fee: €12,600
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Receives no funding from the Exchequer
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Horse Racing Ireland
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Chair: €21,600 but has been waived by Chair since appointment in 2001
Director’s fee: €12,600
One Director has waived his fee since his appointment in 2005
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€45.03m
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Irish National Stud
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Chair: €12,600
Director’s fee: €8,100
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Receives no funding from the Exchequer
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Marine Institute
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Chair: €11,970
Ordinary member: €7,695
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€22.450m
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National Milk Agency
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Only the Chair receives remuneration of €8,978 per annum
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Receives no funding from the Exchequer
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Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA)
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Authority members paid as Principal Officers, Public Service pay rates
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€10.690m
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Teagasc
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Chair: €20,520
Ordinary member: €11,970
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€128.460m
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Veterinary Council of Ireland
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No remuneration is paid to Board members
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Receives no funding from the Exchequer
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