Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 February 2013
208. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation of money under the rural development programme 2007 – 2014, including the funding from the EU and the expected Exchequer matching finance for this programme for the same period, including all Exchequer financing to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10771/13]
View answerUnder the financial plan of the Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013 [RDP] a total of €4,825,452,483 funding is currently allocated at programme level. This total consists of EAFRD funding of €2,494,540,590 and total exchequer funding of €2,330,911,893. Since the launch of the RDP expenditure under the programme up to the end 2012 amounted to €3.74bn. This represents 77.6% of the total value of the Programme and 83% of the EAFRD amount.
The financial plan in the programme is configured to maximise all available EU funding but national funding is subject to ongoing budgetary constraints. Adjustments to the financial plan will continue to be made up to the end of the programme to achieve the fullest possible draw down of EU funds having regard to available national financing.
