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Rural Development Programme Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Questions (554)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

554. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of expenditure incurred to date in 2016 and the annual allocation of funds in the Revised Estimates for 2016 under the rural development fund 2014-2020 and if he will provide certain detail for schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39857/16]

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Written answers

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.

Of the schemes listed by the Deputy no allocation was made for the Knowledge Transfer Scheme in 2016.

A substantial amount of further expenditure will take place in the coming weeks.

Title of Scheme

2016 allocation€000

2016 Outturn – 13 December€000

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

202,000

199,536

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

52,000

29,689

AEOS

40,850

22,893

GLAS

139,500*

5,406

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

35,800

9,110

Early Retirement Scheme

4,602*

4,408

Organic Farming Schemes

10,000

2,529

REPS (including Agricultural Catchment Programme)

2,194

2,634

Locally Led Environmental Schemes (Burren)

1,200

1,178

Technical assistance

1,000

687

Collaborative Farming

500

229

Speciality Foods Scheme

989

10

Targeted Advisory Service for Animal Disease

700

183

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-

-

Totals

491,335

278,492

*Revised allocation post 2016 Supplementary Estimate Process

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