Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
496. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding provided this year for the following payments, including EU and Exchequer funding; single farm payment, disadvantaged area payment, REPs, AEOS, genomics scheme, beef technology, dairy discussion groups and any other scheme of current payment to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34535/14]
View answerThe total exchequer funding provided by my Department to farmers in 2014 is €569.78 million comprising €439.62 million current and €130.16 million capital spending. In addition to voted expenditure the estimated 100% direct EU funded payments amount to €1.2 billion. The 100% EU funded schemes are provided for on an EU Agriculture financial year basis which starts on the 16th October each year. The EU figure provided shows an estimate for the 2014 calendar year which combines part of 2014 and 2015 EU years.
Details of both exchequer and EU funded payment are as follows:
Exchequer Funding
|
Current Expenditure |
Budget 2014 €’000 |
|
Income Support in Disadvantaged Areas |
195,000 |
|
Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) |
123,000 |
|
Agri Envir Scheme (AEOS) |
61,000 |
|
Beef Genomics Scheme |
23,000 |
|
Early Retirement Scheme |
10,000 |
|
Technology Adoption Programmes inc. Discussion Groups |
9,000 |
|
TB & Brucellosis related payment |
15,300 |
|
Other Animal Disease related payments |
1,320 |
|
Suckler Cow |
2,000 |
|
Subtotal – Current Funding |
439,620 |
|
Capital Expenditure |
|
|
Forestry |
106.400 |
|
TAMS |
17,200 |
|
Horticulture |
4,200 |
|
Other On Farm |
2,360 |
|
Subtotal – Capital Funding |
130,160 |
|
Total – All Exchequer Funding |
569,780 |
|
100 % EU Funded Payment |
1,200,000 |
|
Total Funding (Exchequer & EU) |
1,769,780 |
