Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 February 2013
207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total proposed allocation under the recently agreed rural development programme of common agricultural policy for the period 2014 to 2020; the required matching State Exchequer finances to draw down this money completely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10770/13]
View answerIreland’s overall rural development allocation under the seven-year EU budget from 2014 to 2020 amounts to €2.190 billion. This represents an annual average commitment in the region of €313 million in current prices. This includes a special allocation for Ireland of €100 million over the full period that was secured following intensive negotiations in the final stages of the talks.
A co-funding rate of 53% will apply to rural development programmes. The general rules for the next rural development programmes are still under discussion by EU Agriculture Ministers. When these negotiations are concluded, I will then engage in extensive consultation to devise suitable programmes and agree appropriate exchequer funding with my cabinet colleagues.
