Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2013
435. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage from every €1,000 we received in funding from the EU under Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of CAP funding that is attributed to administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13997/13]
View answerNone of the EU funding or co-funding received under Pillar 1 or Pillar is spent on the Department’s administration costs. All such costs are borne by the Exchequer through the Administrative Budget allocation in the Department’s annual Vote.
In the case of the LEADER programme which is implemented by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and which is co-funded by the EU under Pillar 2, up to 20% of the funding allocated to the approved local action groups may be spent on their administration costs.
