The total capital funding to my Department for 2014 is €200.5 million and includes €16.8 million capital savings carried over from 2013. A substantial proportion of the Department’s capital budget covers the payment of capital grants under various demand led schemes on projects which include construction work undertaken by individuals or corporate entities in the agriculture, forestry, fishery and food processing sectors. Accordingly the allocations in the following table include but are not exclusively provisions for construction related expenditure in these areas.
Projects
|
Approved funding
|
On farm investment; investments in buildings and equipment in the (dairy, sheep) , pigs and poultry sectors
|
5.6m
|
Food sector; investment in buildings and food processing equipment
|
10m
|
Horticulture -
|
1.4m
|
Fisheries sector; investments in food processing buildings and equipment, aquaculture
|
6.0m
|
Horticulture
|
4.2m
|
Forestry support Schemes
|
5.7m
|
Administrative Budget – laboratories, buildings and equipment
|
1.8m
|
Capital spending on construction related projects by State Bodies is as set out below
Projects
|
Capital Spending
|
State bodies
|
1.8m
|
Johnston castle - Restoration
|
2.5m
|
Capital spending under the fishery harbours development programme is as set out below:
Harbour
|
Project
|
Approved Funding
|
Cape Clear
|
Cape Clear Bull Nose
|
€3,000,000
|
-
|
Cape Clear Safety & Maintenance
|
€50,000
|
-
|
Cape Clear Disability Access
|
€10,000
|
Piers, Lights & Beacons
|
General Maintenance at Kerry, Galway & Donegal
|
€27,000
|
All Harbours
|
Safety & Maintenance
|
€1,260,000
|
Killybegs
|
Safety Mooring (Department Craft)
|
€20,000
|
Dunmore East
|
Dredging Works
|
€4,000,000
|
Howth
|
Upgrading Electrical System
|
€500,000
|
Rossaveel
|
Commencement of New Slipway
|
€133,000
|
Local Authorities
|
Harbour Development Scheme
|
|
-
|
Marine Leisure & Marine Tourism Scheme
|
€3,000,000
|
|
Total
|
€12,000,000
|
In addition, €8.5m in funding was approved for a programme to repair publically owned fishery and aquaculture related piers, harbours and slipways damaged by the winter storms. This is a once off measure as part of the Governments overall response to the damage inflicted on our national piers and harbours infrastructure this winter.