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Capital Programme Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2014

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Questions (509)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €184 million designated to his Department for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the Government Estimates for 2014 that is expected to go towards construction-related projects; if he will list the projects; if he will provide an update on these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25547/14]

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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.

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